Unit 3: CLIL Principles

However...

... the major concern is EDUCATION

... MULTILINGUALISM is the added value

Research foundations

5-7 years to be proficient in English

Acquisition: cyclical process, not linear

Creating, discovering and constructing meanings

Language: a means, not an end

Errors are natural

Fluency in English by using English

Reading is essential

4 CS

Why CLIL?

Tool to promote languages

Communicative approach

Acquisition of new language structures

Second Language Learning: part of school settings

Specificity of language use: respected

Definition

Content and Language Integrated Learning

Example: Social Sciences English Integrated Learning

Teaching THROUGH a foreign language (Marsh, David, 1994)

Essential elements

Silent period

Speking slowly

Communicative approach

Repetition

Fluency VS Accuracy

Etc.