This article surveys recent work on content and language integrated learning clil. An overview language is used to learn and communicate subject matter determines the language needed to learn the four language skills are used 4cs of clil. Ecmlcelv thematic areas content and language integrated. This is why clil is sometimes called dualfocussed education. Content and language integrated learning clil and bilingual education are increasingly popular across europe. Assessing language in content and language integrated. Elena gomez parra1 abstract clil content and language integrated learning is the approach endorsed by the european commission to teach content through a second language. Content and language integrated learning wikipedia.
Through clil type practice, one learns subject content whilst at the same time learning a foreign language. It provides a tool kit for teachers to map clil practice for their own context and learners. According to professor do coyle of the university of aberdeen clil has four components. It is also the responsibility of key players in those contexts to interpret according to statutory or nationalregional curricular requirements what is meant by quality content and language integrated teaching and learning. Clil content and language integrated learning academic summer. We also publish teacher training resources and dictionaries for clil. Integrating content and language study in higher education. Pdf the content and language integrated learning approach. This paper is aimed at describing the most important steps of this innovation, with the relevant implications for policymakers, teachers and students. The article is devoted to the issues of design and implementation of integrated courses aimed at training master and phd students in their subject areas in a foreign english language. Content and language integrated learning paperback by do coyle author, philip hood author, david marsh author cambridge university press, 2010 this book gives a comprehensive overview of clil. Outcomes and processes in content and language integrated learning clil. Clil english language teaching and learning oxford.
The european dimension actions, trends and foresight potential. The article briefly introduces the clil method and its use. Exploring clil methods and techniques which support delivery of content, language and learning skills. Clil content and language integrated learning is a term created in 1994 by david marsh and anne maljers as a methodology similar to but distinct from language immersion and content.
Oxford picture dictionary for the content areas academic language accelerator. Content and language integrated learning motivating learners and teachers do coyle. The only aim of clil is to improve foreign language proficiency of learners. The methodology has been applied in a business context in many. The course aims to develop the practice of teaching subjects through the medium of english. Many of our primary and secondary coursebooks support content and language integrated learning clil. As learners develop their language competences, they are able to deal with evermore complex topics, so teaching. In practice, clil exists in different guises on a continuum with content based elt at the softer end and bilingual education, focusing exclusively on learning. Ncca home primary curriculum areas content and language integrated learning clil teacher access only this content is restricted to teachers registered with the teaching council in ireland. However, the need for language teaching reform in the face of europeanisation may make clil a common feature of many european education systems in the future. In many ways, then, a clil lesson is similar to an elt integrated skills lesson, except that it includes exploration of language, is delivered by a teacher versed in clil methodology and is based on material directly related to a content based subject.
Developing content and language integrated learning clil in india. Clil plus english as a medium of instruction emi length. Both content and language are explored in a clil lesson. Aug 05, 2011 clil content and language integrated learning slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Content and language integrated learning at school in europe. Putting clil content and language integrated learning into. Clil lesson planning in primary education a case study. In clil lessons, learners gain knowledge of the curricular subject while simultaneously learning and using the target language. Content and language integrated learning clil in teaching english to young learners 10 this is a hard form of clil, but not the only form. Clil is an acronym which refers to the content and language integrated learning approach.
Content and language integrated learning clil plays an increasingly important role in language education, both as a feature of foreign language teaching and learning, and as an element of bilingual and plurilingual education. A science course, for example, can be taught to students in english and they will not only learn about science, but they will also gain relevant vocabulary and language skills. These terms are largely self explanatory but it is perhaps worth spending a little time considering each one and reflecting on how they are connected. Clil should be applied only by a teacher with an excellent proficiency in a foreign language.
Content and language integrated learning bep network. This quote is useful because it highlights some of the educational intention inherent to the clil paradigm. Content and language integrated learning clil is an approach where students learn a subject and a second language at the same time. With numerous collections of research papers and teachers handbooks dealing with it, and now a journal devoted to it international clil research journal. These are content, communication, cognition and culture. Content and language integrated learning clil youtube. Evolving models of clil as the clil movement evolves, different variations become rooted in distributed contexts. The idea of its proponents was to create an umbrella term which encompasses different forms of using language as the medium of instruction.
The term clil was created in 1994 by david marsh as a methodology similar to but distinct from language immersion and content based instruction. Clil, content and language integrated learning, sa, study abroad programs 1. Defining clil content and language integrated learning clil is a dualfocused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language. Linguodidactic aspect of integrated courses design. In elt, forms of clil have previously been known as content based instruction. Content and language integrated learning clil is the accepted term for the practice of combining the learning of academic content with the learning and use of an additional language cenoz, 2015. Clil content and language integrated learning was introduced in the italian school system in 2003 through a reform law, which made it mandatory for upper secondary schools. Content and language integrated learning clil is an approach for learning content through an additional language foreign or second, thus teaching both the subject and the language. Profiles of competencies for effective teachers specialising in clil. What differentiates clil is the planned integration of contextualised content, cognition, communication and culture into teaching and learning practice. The content and language integrated learning approach in use. Content and language integrated learning clil refers to any dualfocused educational context in which an additional language, thus not usually the first language of the learners involved, is used as a medium in the teaching and learning of non language content.
Clil content and language integrated learning is a term created in 1994 by david marsh and anne maljers as a methodology similar to but distinct from language immersion and contentbased. Communicate school works in partnership with erasmus plus programme. Content and language integrated learning clil refers to an educational approach in which a foreign language is used as the medium of instruction to teach content. A pluriliteracies approach to content and language integrated. Content and language integrated learning clil at school in europe over and above these special considerations, clil and other forms of bilingual or immersion teaching share certain common features that many experts are fond of emphasising. Content and language integrated learning content and language integrated learning clil is a method whereby nonnative speakersusers of a language are put in a situation where they use their language skills where non language targeted content is taught. The latter model has become the most prevalent in europe in the last few years.
The paper explains the terms hard clil and soft clil. Content and language integrated learning teachingenglish. Dec 22, 2015 video sites with content that you can use in a clil class in english. Applying clil approaches and enhancing educators english language skills for teaching content in english. It is dualfocused because whereas attention may be predominantly. Content and language integrated learning clil has become the umbrella term describing both learning another content subject such as physics or geography through the medium of a foreign language and learning a foreign language by studying a content based subject. This means that in the class there are two main aims, one related to the subject, topic, or theme, and one linked to the language. It pro vides a tool kit for teachers to map clil practice for their own context and learners. That is, in the teaching and learning process, there is a focus not only on content, and not only on language. Clil content and language integrated learning has emerged since the millennium as a major trend in education. Limitations and possibilities ena harrop encuentro, 21, 2012, issn 19890796, pp. Content and language integrated learning is the practice of teaching other educational subjects in.
Content and language integrated learning clil refers to any dualfocused educational context in which an additional language, thus not usually the first language of the learners involved, is used as a medium in the teaching and learning of nonlanguage content. Until clil training for teachers and materials issues are resolved, the immediate future remains with parallel rather than integrated content and language learning. Content and language integrated learning clil refers to educational approaches that allow for improved foreign language learning in combination with content learning in a variety of non language subjects, e. If applying clil, the school needs to change it documents. Combining pbl and clil in the scientific laboratory in. A conceptual framework for clil is presented which reorientates the integration of language and content in order to inform and develop clil pedagogies from a holistic perspective. Defining clil ycontent and language integrated learning clil is a dualfocused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language.
Therefore, this methodology has boosted within biligual contexts at all educational. The ecml supports clil teachers and teacher trainers not only to take account of and strengthen the language component in subject learning but to focus on the development of cognitive and academic literacies. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Transforming theory into practice this chapter builds on the theoretical issues raised in the previous chapters. Clil language and content courses run parallel language. The domain of at least three languages is regarded as one of the basic skills that everyone. Lets define clil clil is a dualfocused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language with the objective of promoting both content and language. Apr 05, 2012 clil content and language integrated learning has emerged since the millennium as a major trend in education. Eurydice content and language integrated learning clil at school in europe eurydice the information network on education in europe. Content and language integrated learning the university. Content and language integrated learning clil at school. Coyle, d, hood, p and marsh, d 2010 clil, cambridge. Content is placed first in clil as subject content determines language input.
Clil explained in the subtitle of the bookis the latest acronym to hit the acronymrich efl environment. Towards a connected research agenda for clil pedagogies d coyle international journal of bilingual education and bilingualism 10 5, 543562. Content communication cognition culture by studying on. Clil content and language integrated learning according to do coyle, philip hood and david marsh 2010 clil is a dualfocused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language coyle et al. Content and language integrated learning do coyle philip hood david marsh. Related to both content based instruction and immersion education by virtue of its dual focus on language and content, clil is here understood as an educational model for contexts where the classroom provides the only site for learners interaction in the target language. Although closely linked with its americancanadian counterpart, contentbased instruction. The purpose of this initiative is to sensitise teachers towards pluriliteracy as an endgoal in both content education and language learning and provide them with a guide towards more figure 2. Content and language integrated learning clil is a dualfocused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language. Introducing content and language integrated learning in study.
Next, it deals with clil specifics, possible advantages and disadvantages. Aug 02, 2015 clil is an acronym for content and language integrated learning 3. As a result, clil is also an instructional approach. What is clil content and language integrated learning. A lesson framework teachingenglish british council. The benefits of clil content and language integrated. Feb 06, 2015 an introduction to content and language integrated learning clil by course leader, jason skeet. The benefits of clil content and language integrated learning to higher education m. Content and language integrated learning clil is an approach where students learn a subject and the language at the same time. Loads of content here and each site is free and finding content is easy to find. An issue raising workshop, in meyer, felix, language for special purposes. Objectives each of the 3 sessions every day focuses on a different.
According to coyle 1999, the clil curriculum is based on the 4 cs. Clil has been described by experts as a major methodological revolution in language teaching. In clil the learning of language and other subjects is mixed in one way or another. Written by do coyle, philip hood and david marsh and drawing on their experience of clil in secondary schools, primary schools and english language schools across europe, this book gives a comprehensive overview of clil. It summarises the theory which underpins the teaching of a. Using the 4cs framework for analysis, the author concludes that for clil research to mature, the nature and design of the research must evolve to identify clil. Clil content and language integrated learning the clil course is for teachers of subjects such as maths, history, geography and other who aim to teach their subject through english language. Clil content and language integrated learning communicate. Content and language integrated learning clil at school in. Usually seen as an umbrella term, this broad language learning approach means that the target language is learnt through curricular content in mainstream education. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to clil content and language integrated learning.
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