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CLIL

Content and Language

Integrated Learning

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What is CLIL?

An approach?

A methodology?

Nothing new?

A philosophy?

A process?

Good?

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By any other name….. Teaching Content Through English

Teaching English Through Content

Foreign Language Medium Instruction (FLMI)

Teaching Through Foreign Languages (TTFL)

Teaching Content in a Foreign Language (TCFL)

Dual-focused Language Instruction

Content-support ELT

Adjunct / Linked Language courses

Integration of Languages and Disciplines (BILD)

Four-handed foreign language instruction

Learning with Languages

Learning through an additional language

Foreign Language Immersion Program (FLIP)

Plurilingual Instruction

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC)

Extended Second Language Learning

Language-enhanced Content Instruction

Integrated Curriculum

Bridge Program

Cross-Curricular Teaching

Interdisciplinary Teaching

Learning skills based ELT / ESP

Content-based Instruction (CBI)

Content-based Language Instruction (CLII)

Content-based Language Teaching (CBLT)

Integration of Content and Language

Content and Language Integrated Classrooms

English-enriched Content Teaching

Content-enriched English Teaching

English-focused Content Teaching

Content-focused English Teaching

Content-centered English Teaching

English-centered Content Teaching

Content-driven English Teaching

English-driven Content Teaching

English-sensitive Content Teaching

Content-sensitive English Teaching

Content-oriented Language Learning

Content-infused Language Teaching

Theme-based Language Teaching

Topic-based Language Teaching

Discipline-based ESL Instruction

Sheltered Subject Matter Teaching

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A definition

CLIL refers to any dual-focused educational

context in which an additional language is

used as a medium in the teaching and

learning of non-language content. It is an

umbrella term covering aspects of:

Language Across the Curriculum

Bilingual Education

Content-based instruction/learning

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Another definition

CLIL is the meeting point of content and

language in space (the classroom) and

time (the lesson).

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Why CLIL?

Economic(al) reason

Political reason

Pedagogical reason

Intercultural reason

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Languages in Europe

The EU has

23 official

languages

The cost of

translation

in all EU

institutions

is estimated

at €800

million p.a.

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The future student

Personality competent

Inter-personality

competent

Inter-culturally competent Communicatively competent

Media competent

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Education in Europe

Common European Framework

Language Policies The Bologna Process

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CLIL and ELT

Communicative approach

Process rather than product

Message rather than medium

Integration rather than isolation

Learner potential rather than teacher

input

Language across the curriculum

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How does CLIL work?

Knowledge of the language becomes the means of learning content

Language is integrated into the broad curriculum.

CLIL is based on language acquisition rather than learning.

Learning is improved through increased motivation.

Language is seen in real-life situations in which students can acquire the language. This is natural language development.

CLIL is long-term learning. Students become academically proficient in English after 5-7 years in a good bilingual program.

Fluency is more important than accuracy. Learners develop fluency by using English to communicate for a variety of purposes.

Reading is the essential skill.

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Learning by….

CLIL is material driven

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Research Foundations It takes 5-7 years for students in a quality bilingual

program to become academically proficient in English.

Language acquisition is cyclical, not a linear process.

Learners acquire best when they create, discover and construct their own meanings.

Language is a means, not an end, and when learners are interested in a topic, they will be motivated to acquire language to communicate.

Fluency precedes accuracy and errors are a natural part of language learning.

Learners develop fluency in English by using English to communicate for a variety of purposes.

Reading is essential for developing academic English skills.

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The benefits of CLIL

Introduce the wider cultural context

Prepare for internationalisation

Enhance the school profile (bilingual education)

Improve overall and specific language

competence

Prepare for future studies and / or working life

Develop multilingual interests and attitudes

Diversify methods of teaching and learning

Increase learner motivation

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CLIL in the classroom

CLIL curriculum

CLIL teachers

CLIL lessons

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The CLIL curriculum

All or some subjects are taught through a foreign

or second language

The curriculum is based on the 4 Cs - CONTENT,

COMMUNICATION, COGNITION and

CULTURE

More content is taught as language competence

increases

There is no language syllabus

CLIL starts in elementary school

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CLIL lessons

Contain the 4 Cs

Are not language lessons or subject lessons delivered in a foreign language

The subject matter determines the language needed to learn. Language is not graded.

Are often based on reading or listening texts

Are similar to ‘integrated skills’ lessons, incorprtae aspects of the lexical approach and are humanistic and communicative.

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A CLIL lesson framework

There is no such thing as a ‘CLIL lesson’, but

lessons often follow a pattern:

Processing the text

Organisation of knowledge

Language identification

Tasks for learners