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Lesson CLIL

WHAT IS CLIL?
CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning. It
isanapproachconcerninglanguagesorinterculturalknowledge and understanding (Marsh, 2002);
itis a meaning-focused learning method (Van de Craen, 2006) and an “umbrella” term used to
talk aboutbilingualeducationsituations (Gajo, 2007).
According to TKT CLIL handbook (The TKT Course, CLIL module, Kay Bentley, CUP
2010) CLIL isanevolvingeducationalapproach to teaching and learning
wheresubjectsaretaughtthrough the medium of a non-native language.
To me, thislastdefinitionis the most descriptive one and the one the bestapproacheswhat most
of usunderstand by CLIL.
It isincreasinglyimportant 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.
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