Category: CLIL

BackgroundStudents at English-medium institutions require ongoing language support, and it makes sense for this support to be given while they are studying their chosen subject rather than separately. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) offers an approach which increases language...

It is well over a year since the first CLIL materials from Turkey were posted on the FACT Website http://www.factworld.info/turkey/miniskirt/index.htm and the Turkish flag was added to the FACTWorld banner. These materials, and subsequent additions, originated from a small CLIL enclave in...

In an earlier project, we looked at the relationship between content and language through a reading text on the subject of miniskirts: http://www.factworld.info/turkey/miniskirt/index.htmThis project was aimed at raising the awareness of subject teachers (in this case lecturers from the faculty of...

(with Rob Ledbury) This is a description of one part of a project designed to build a bridge between content-based subject teachers and language teachers working in the context of a private English-medium university. The institution, Izmir University of Economics,...

In previous methodology articles I have outlined the theory behind Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and provided a framework for CLIL-type lessons, particularly suited to learners studying content-based subjects in English or as part of a bilingual education programme....

In the first of these articles, Content and Language Integrated Learning, I gave an introduction to this field. In this second article I will look more closely at how CLIL is realised in the classroom and suggest a framework for...

CLIL: Potential and Practice IntroductionContent and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an umbrella term covering dual-focus contexts in which an additional language is used as a medium in the teaching and learning of non-language content. There are elements of a...

If you look at the FACT (Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching) website (www.factworld.info), you may notice that the Turkish flag has recently been added to the thirty or so others of countries currently participating in a rapidly growing global...

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IntroductionContent and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has become a focus of attention in recent years, particularly in the state sector in various countries and on the interface with the private school and university sector. CLIL is the subject of ongoing...