The Impact of CLIL on the Acquisition of the Learning to Learn Competence in Secondary School Education in the Bilingual Programmes of Castilla-La Mancha

In this paper the influence of bilingual education on the acquisition of the key learning to learn competence is examined. To do so, bilingual (n = 1,966) and non-bilingual students (n= 14,713) of Castilla-La Mancha enrolled in the 2 nd year of Compulsory Secondary Education took a series of tests designed to assess two dimensions of the competence of learning to learn: "metacognitive strategies", made up of two learning standards related to metacognitive processes, and "learning strategies", a dimension consisting of five standards connected to cognitive processes. Results showed bilingualism had a significant effect on the acquisition of the key competence of learning to learn.