Lesson CLIL Galin Dimov

WHAT IS CLIL?

CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning. It is an approach concerning languages or intercultural knowledge and understanding (Marsh, 2002); itis a meaning-focused learning method (Van de Craen, 2006) and an “umbrella” term used to talk about bilingualeducationsituations (Gajo, 2007).

According to TKT CLIL handbook (The TKT Course, CLIL module, Kay Bentley, CUP 2010) CLIL is an evolving educational approach to teaching and learning where subjects are taught through the medium of a non-native language.

To me, this last definitionis the most descriptive one and the one the best approaches what most of usunderstand by CLIL.

It is in creasinglyimportant in ourglobal, technologicalsociety, whereknowledge of anotherlanguagehelpslearners to developskillswhichwill be able to communicate to peoplearound the worlds.

It is a completelydifferent learning experiencecompared with most foreignlanguageteachingbecausecontent and languagearetaughttogether.

A languageteacherhas the challenge to learnmoreaboutsubjectcontent and subjectteachersneed to learnabout the languageneeded for theirsubjects.

It can be taught to veryyounglearners, teenagers, adults, and also in vocationaloracademicstudies.