What is CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)?

What is CLIL?

Presented by Venjie N. Oclaretfor ELT 599b Reading Courses Class

CLIL is an acronym for…

Content AND

LanguageIntegratedLearning

CONTENT

LANGUAGE

INTEGRATED

LEARNING

Let’s define CLILCLIL is a dual-focused 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 mastery to pre-defined levels.

(Marsh, Wolff, Genesee, Frigols-Martin, Mehisto, 2010)

Let’s go down the memory lane… Coined in 1994 by University of Jyväskylä,

Finland professor David Marsh First known CLIL-type programs date back to

3000 B.C. in ancient Sumerian regions Elite Romans educated their kids in Classical

Greek Associated with the genesis of language

immersion education in Canada (1965) EU Language Policy: Native language + two

languages of the Union

The Rise of CLIL

Globalization of the mid-90s The World Wide Web Growth in multimedia

entertainment The world becoming a mixed

global village

Mindset

The Generation Y (1982-2001)

Focused on immediacy as in

“learn as you use, use as you learn”

The Cyber Generation

(after 2001)

Influenced by their own early, personal, hands-on experience

with integrated technologies

Other names of CLIL

CLIP, CBI (Content Based Instruction), CBLI, CBLT, EAC, EAL (English as an Additional Language), EMI, FLIP, FLAME, LAC (Language Across the Curriculum), TCTE, TETC, TCFL, DFI, BCT

Let’s define CLILCLIL is a dual-focused 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 mastery to pre-defined levels.

(Marsh, Wolff, Genesee, Frigols-Martin, Mehisto, 2010)

1. Dual-focused

L C

1. Dual-focused

The teaching and learning of content and the target language or L2

2. Additional Language

2. Additional Language

Or target language is used to refer to any language other than the first or home language or mother tongue (L1)

3. Content

3. Content Curriculum concepts being taught

through the foreign language…appropriate to the grade level of the students (Curtain and Pesola, 1994)

Content need not be academic; it can include any topic, theme, or non-language issue of interest or importance to the learner (Genesee, 1994)

Integration

Language learning is included in

content classes

Content from

subjects is used in

language-learning classes

3. Pre-defined levels

3. Pre-defined levels

Know the specification or what is to be taught in a given school year

Integration of both curricula is a job that needs to be done ahead of the SY

The 4Cs of CLIL

These four principles are essential to the CLIL approach. They should be used as the framework

for creating and delivering successful lessons.

CONTENT

Content

Content refers to the subject or theme of the lesson or course. Examples of different content areas include history, science, mathematics, geography, and cookery.

When planning the content of our lessons, it is essential to think of the knowledge, skills, and understanding we want our students to learn and not only the knowledge they should acquire.

COMMUNICATION

I think…

Because…

In my opinion…

Here it says…

CommunicationCommunication refers to students using the target language to communicate their thoughts, opinions, attitudes, and discoveries related to the lesson content. Both speaking and writing are emphasized as students “learn to use language and use language to learn” (Coyle). Students engage in meaningful interaction

with each other. Group work is very common.

The aim is for students to produce authentic language, not to memorize grammar rules and parrot the teacher.

The teacher serves as guide/facilitator.

COGNITION

*Some verbs related to critical thinking skills…

Cognition

Cognition refers to the critical thinking skills that students use to engage with and understand course content, to solve problems, and to reflect on their learning.

CULTURE

Culture

Culture (also known as community and citizenship) refers to the learning community of a class and school and more broadly to local and global cultures. Students are encouraged to understand themselves as citizens of the world and understand both their own culture and other cultures. The ultimate goal is to promote international awareness and understanding.

Many thanks for listening! Stay

tuned for Parts 2 and 3 of the

report :-)