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CLIL in English as an international language Contentandlanguageintegratedlearning FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contentandlanguageintegratedlearning(CLIL)[1][2]isanapproachforlearningcontentthroughanadditionallanguage(foreignorsecond),thusteachingboththesubjectandthelanguage. Contents 1CLILorigin 2CLILandlanguageimmersion 3CLILobjectives 4CLILinEnglishasaninternationallanguage 4.1Multiplicityofterms 5Seealso 6References 7Externallinks CLILorigin[edit] ThetermCLILwascreatedin1994byDavidMarshasamethodologysimilartobutdistinctfromlanguageimmersionandcontent-basedinstruction.Theideaofitsproponentswastocreatean"umbrellaterm"whichencompassesdifferentformsofusinglanguageasthemediumofinstruction.[3]Themethodologyhasbeenappliedinabusinesscontextinmanycountriesandwidelyacceptedasaneffectiveapproach.InItaly,forexample,itisbeingusedasanacceleratedmethodtoteachmanagementconceptsinEnglishtobusinesspeople.AmongCLIL'sproponentsandpractitionersthereisDrMaurizioMorselli,aHumanResourcesprofessionalandExecutiveCoach,whobelievesthat"thishybridimmersionapproachproducesalotmoreimmediateresultsanditappealstoself-motivatedadultaudienceswhopossessabasicknowledgeandunderstandingofthetargetlanguage". CLILandlanguageimmersion[edit] CLILisfundamentallybasedonmethodologicalprinciplesestablishedbyresearchonlanguageimmersion.ThiskindofapproachhasbeenidentifiedasveryimportantbytheEuropeanCommission[4]because:"Itcanprovideeffectiveopportunitiesforpupilstousetheirnewlanguageskillsnow,ratherthanlearnthemnowforlateruse.Itopensdoorsonlanguagesforabroaderrangeoflearners,nurturingself-confidenceinyounglearnersandthosewhohavenotrespondedwelltoformallanguageinstructioningeneraleducation.Itprovidesexposuretothelanguagewithoutrequiringextratimeinthecurriculum,whichcanbeofparticularinterestinvocationalsettings."Thisapproachinvolveslearningsubjectssuchashistory,geography,managerialskills/conceptsorothers,throughanadditionallanguage.Itcanbeverysuccessfulinenhancingthelearningoflanguagesandothersubjects,andhelpingchildrendevelopapositiveattitudetowardsthemselvesaslanguagelearners. TheEuropeanCommissionhasthereforedecidedtopromotethetrainingofteachersto"...enhancingthelanguagecompetencesingeneral,inordertopromotetheteachingofnon-linguisticsubjectsinforeignlanguages".[5][6] CLILobjectives[edit] CLILobjectivesarevaried,butamongthemostrelevantonesthefollowingcanbepointedout(Coyleetal.,2010):[7]Toimprovetheeducationalsystem.ToestablishthenecessaryconditionsthatwillallowstudentstoachievetheappropriatelevelofacademicperformanceinCLILsubjects.Toimprovestudents’proficiencyinboththeirmothertongueandthetargetlanguage,attachingthesameimportancetoeach.Todeveloptheinterculturalunderstanding.Todevelopsocialandthinkingskills. CLILadvocatesclaimthatthiseducationalapproach(Lorenzoetal.,2011):[8]ImprovesL1andL2development.Preparesstudentsfortheglobalizedworld.Increasesstudents’motivationtolearnforeignlanguages.Promotesthelearningofamoreextensiveandvariedvocabulary.Enhancesstudents’confidenceinthetargetlanguage.Improveslanguagecompetenceinthetargetlanguage,CLILbeingmorebeneficialthantraditionalforeignlanguageteachingcourses.Helpsdevelopinterculturalcompetence. CLILinEnglishasaninternationallanguage[edit] TheintegrationofcontentandlanguagelearninginEnglishasaninternationallanguage(EIL)isfoundinapproachestobilingualeducation.[2]Theseapproachesincludeimmersion,content-basedinstruction(CBI),content-basedlanguageteaching(CBLT),andthemovementtowardsEnglishmediuminstruction(EMI).AlloftheseapproachesraiseanumberofquestionsthataviewofEnglishasaninternationallanguagehasforcontent-integratedapproaches(Thompson&McKinley,2018).[2] Multiplicityofterms[edit] Themultiplicityoftermsusedtorefertoinstructionalapproachesfortheintegrationofcontentandlanguagelearning(immersion,CBI,CBLT,CLIL,EMI)canbeasourceofconfusioninEILstudies,althoughtheyallcommonlysharethepurposeofadditivebilingualismviaadualfocusoncontentandlanguagelearning.Debatecontinuesabouttheextenttowhichimmersion,CBLT,CBI,andCLILaredifferent,similar,orthesame.SomearguethatCLILrepresentsanappropriateumbrellatermthatcanbeusedtohousevariousapproachestowardscontentintegration(e.g.,immersionisatypeofCLIL),wheretermscanbeusedinterchangeably(e.g.,CLILandCBIarethesameconceptwithadifferentname)(Cenozetal.,2014).[9]However,othersarguethatCLILandCBIrepresentverydifferentconcepts,whereCLILrepresentstheintersectionbetweencontentandlanguagefromthecontentperspective(i.e.,CLILhappensincontentclasses),whileCBIisanattemptatrespondingtothecontentneedsoflearnersinlanguageclasses(Dalton-Pufferetal.,2014).[10] Thesimilarities(andvariability)betweenapproachesleadtocircularargumentsaboutwhetherthekeyfeaturesofoneapproacharealsosharedbyothers(e.g.,immersionandCLIL),andthereforetheyareindistinguishable.Insomeways,thisisaninevitableresultoftermsbeingusedoutsideofacademia,byeducatorsapplyingideasfromonecontexttoanother,[10]andthelinesofdemarcationbecomemoreunclearasapproachesaretransportedtodifferentcountriesandcontextualizedtomeetdifferentlearningsituations.[2] InEILstudies,differenttermshavebeenassociatedwithdifferentregions,suchasCLIL,whichisassociatedwithEurope,andwas“purposefullycoined”byEuropeaneducatorsandresearchersattemptingtoinfluencelanguagepolicyandideology(Dalton-Pufferetal.,2014:214).[10]CLILrepresentedadeliberateattempttodevelopaEuropeanmodelforadditivebilingualeducation.[9]However,policymakers,educators,andresearchersfrominternationalcontextshavestartedtoapplyanddevelopCLILapproachesindistinctlynon-Europeansituations,andthetermisnowwidelyusedwithinthewiderinternationalforeignlanguagelearningcommunity.[2] Seealso[edit] Languageimmersion Bilingualeducation Content-basedinstruction References[edit] ^BritishCouncilBBCTeachingEnglish ^abcdeThompson&McKinley(February2018)."Integrationofcontentandlanguagelearning"(PDF).TESOLEncyclopediaofEnglishLanguageTeaching.1.Retrieved10January2018. ^"WhatisCLIL?".Onestopenglish.Retrieved14September2016. ^CommissionOfTheEuropeanCommunitiesPromotingLanguageLearningandLinguisticDiversity:AnActionPlan2004–2006 ^JournaloftheEuropeanUnionCouncilResolutionof21November2008onaEuropeanstrategyformultilingualism ^AneducationalprojectcalledECLILArchived17May2016attheWaybackMachinewasalsosupportedfromtheEuropeanUnionwithintheLifelongLearningProgrammeEACEAAgency,todevelopinteractiveresourcesforEuropeanschools. ^Coyle,D.,Hood,P.&Marsh,D.(2010).CLIL.Cambridge:C.U.P. ^Lorenzo,F.,Trujillo,F.&Vez,M.(2011).Educaciónbilingüe.Integracióndecontenidosysegundaslenguas.Madrid:Síntesis. ^abCenoz,Gennessee&Gorter(2014)."CriticalanalysisofCLIL:Takingstockandlookingforward".AppliedLinguistics.35(3):243–262. ^abcDalton-Puffer,Llinares,Lorenzo&Nikula(2014).""Youcanstandundermyumbrella":Immersion,clilandbilingualeducation.AresponsetoCenoz,Genesee&Gorter(2013)".AppliedLinguistics.35(2):213–218.{{citejournal}}:CS1maint:multiplenames:authorslist(link) Externallinks[edit] EuropeancommissionCLILsite ECLILwebsite Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Content_and_language_integrated_learning&oldid=1052416590" Categories:BilingualeducationMultilingualismEducationbysubjectHiddencategories:WebarchivetemplatewaybacklinksCS1maint:multiplenames:authorslistUsedmydatesfromJuly2013 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages CatalàČeštinaEestiEspañolEuskaraGaeilgeGalegoItalianoעבריתNederlandsNorskbokmålSimpleEnglishСрпски/srpskiSuomi中文 Editlinks