UAM-CLIL research group

Leah Tompkins

Pre-doctoral researcher

Department of English Studies
Faculty of Philosophy and Arts
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

leah.tompkins@uam.es

Books

Journal articles

  • Tompkins, L., & McCabe, A. (2026). A Systemic Functional Linguistic coding scheme for context dependency and complexity in academic writing. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100284
  • Tompkins, L. (2025). Beyond the facts: Evaluative language use in secondary school history. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics, 16(2), 133-147. https://doi.org/10.22055/rals.2025.49979.3558
  • Pittas, E., & Tompkins, L. (2024). A systematic review of student learning outcomes in CLIL in LOTE. Frontiers in Education, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1447270
  • Hidalgo-McCabe, E., & Tompkins, L. (2024). La educación bilingüe en los medios de comunicación: Abordando la controversia en Madrid. Revista De Educación, 1(403), 203–230. https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2024-403-609
  • Tompkins, F. L. (2022). Socioeconomic status, English exposure and CLIL motivation in high and low exposure CLIL groups. CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education, 5(1), 41–52. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/clil.67
Book chapters

Conference papers

  • McCabe, A. & Tompkins, L. (2024, July 10-12). Systemic Functional Linguistics and the Semantic Dimension of Science Texts in CLIL [Conference presentation]. ESFLC, Timisoara, Romania.
  • Tompkins, L. (2024, January 15-18). Clarifying Bases of Achievement in Content and Language Integrated Learning [Conference presentation]. LCT 5, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Tompkins, L. & McCabe, A. (2024, January 15-18). A Systemic Functional Linguistic and Semantics Analysis of the Cell in Biology Secondary School Texts [Conference presentation]. LCT 5, Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Tompkins, L. & Hidalgo-McCabe, E. (2023, July 17-21). CLIL Students’ Perceptions on Subject Learning through L1 and L2: The Role of Strand Intensity and SES [Conference presentation]. AILA, [SYMP47] Literacies in CLIL, Lyon, France.
  • Llinares, A. & Tompkins, L. (2023, July 17-21). Comparing Teachers’ and Students’ Content and Language Assessment Criteria [Conference presentation]. AILA, [SYMP02] AILA ReN – Assessment in CLIL, Lyon, France.
  • Tompkins, L. & Llinares, A. (2022, November 10-11). Engaging Students in Content and Language Integrated Assessment [Conference presentation]. BIUNED, Madrid, Spain.
  • Tompkins, L. (2021, October 26-29). Socioeconomic Status and CLIL Program Intensity: Implications for Students’ Motivation and English Exposure in the Community of Madrid Bilingual Program [Conference presentation]. VII Congreso Internacional sobre Educación Bilingüe, Córdoba, Spain.