WHAT IS CLIL?

CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is a relatively new language learning approach that involves content learning (from different subjects such as history, geography or science). It doesn't do without the specific L2 teaching, it complements it. Its methodolgy is its main characteristic. It appears as a consequence from our actual globalized world and the increase of our technologic dependence. To face this constant change we should invest in innovation, investigation and education.

 

This approach can be easily misunderstood, CLIL is not a FL lesson, neither content in a FL (this would just be as any lesson in a foreign school).

 

Why CLIL?

Cognition Communication  Content  Culture (CCCC)

Among its multiple benefits we could mention the amount of input, the meaningful context or the motivation that students achieve. But this will be able only if it is properly implemented.

 

We, as students of Primary Education, have a huge responsability, because we will be in charge of its right aplication and its succes, which will be proved in future years.

 

We would like to share a couple of links. In the first one you'll find a lot of interesting and motivating ideas of activities that you could adapt for CLIL lessons:

 

 http://camillasenior.homestead.com/resources.html

In the second link you will find plenty of information about clil in general (materials, different experiences, interesting information for teachers...)

 http://clil.wordpress.com/category/clil-primaria/

We hope you'll find it usefull, ;)

 

 

"You cannot teach a language, only create the condition under which it might be learnded"

Von Humboldt 1898