CLIL in the Context of Foreign Language Teaching
1. Foreign Language Teaching
1.2. Learning a Language or Learning through Language
CLIL is one of many approaches and didactic methodologies in foreign
language teaching.
Instead of formal language teaching and learning, CLIL offers immediate opportunities for students to use their new language skills; furthermore, it helps achieve the European Union’s language learning goals.
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Aspects of teaching |
FL |
CLIL |
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Approach to language learning |
Knowledge transmission based |
Competence-based |
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Role in the L2 curriculum |
Language-oriented, prat of linguistics |
Cross-curricular, part of general development
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Focus on |
Intellectual development only |
Holistic development
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Delivery of materials |
Ready-made, pre-prepared |
Through problem discovery and problem-solving
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Teacher´s role |
Knowledge transmission |
Providing context for productive language use
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Learner´s role |
Receptive, receiving materials from a teacher |
The learner is an agent of their learning
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Classroom interactions |
Lockstep/frontal/individual |
Co-operative
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Teaching materials and tools |
Mainly course books, paper, pen… |
Coursebooks and authentic materials, audio-visuals and objects, and tools for producing objects
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Teacher´s efforts |
Does not require special effort |
Requires devoted and highly qualified professionals |
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Final Objective |
Getting by |
Getting better |
| Key features |
FLT |
CLIL |
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conventional |
content-based |
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Objectives and outcomes |
language |
language |
subject content |
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Performed by |
language or class teacher |
language or class teacher |
subject teacher |
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Assessed as |
language |
language |
subject |
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Considered as |
language teaching |
language teaching |
subject teaching |
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Syllabus |
general language purpose |
language: CALP |
subject content and CALP |
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Material |
language |
language-subject |
subject |
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Methodology |
FLT |
language supportive |
language-supportive subject-teaching |
source: adapted from Clegg, J., (n.d.) Planning CLIL lessons. Retrieved from http://www.onestopenglish.com/clil/methodology/articles/article-planning-clil-lessons/500472.article