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December 2008 CLIL
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Johan Delbaere jdelbaere_at_telenet.be
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Baron Ruzettelaan BRUGES
DIOCESANE PEDAGOGISCHE BEGELEIDINGSDIENST BISDOM
BRUGGE
Schooljaar 2008 -2009
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• CLIL
• Teacher St.-Lodewijkscollege Brugge,
• 1 coordinator CLIL
• 2 teacher English CLIL class (sciences) and the
  non-CLIL class
• 3 class teacher of CLIL class
• Pedagogical Advisor West Flanders,
• 1 monitoring three schools in West Flanders
  (catering, business and commerce, general
  studies sciences)
• 2 mediator university Leuven, Department of
  Education and Pedagogical Centre Brussels
• 3 Member of IATEFL, international contacts

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http//www.ond.vlaanderen.be/publicaties/?nr120
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• Flanders in Belgium and Europe
• Flanders lies in the northern part of Belgium.
• Flanders has almost six million inhabitants.
• Their official language is Dutch.
• Brussels capital of Flanders, Belgium.
• The Flemish Community incl. Dutch Brussels.

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Education of the communities The process of
federalisation took almost a quarter of a
century. The Flemish, French and
German-speaking community have their own
educational system.
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Levels of education
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Levels of education
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Levels of education
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Support and quality control
Quality promotion targets Attainment targets of
the Flemish Community clearly indicates its
minimum expectations with regard to nursery,
primary and secondary education. The
Inspectorate of the Flemish Community consists of
inspection teams.
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Support and quality control
Every education network has its own educational
advisors for educational and methodological
advisory services (innovation projects,
self-evaluation projects, support initiatives).
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Conclusion

• Assets and drawbacks
• autonomy for the schools and networks
• freedom of choice
• internationally respected (Pisa-Oeso)
• export of skills / knowhow
  language/research (medical)
• waterfall
• rules and regulations
• fixed envelope financing

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Priorities equal opportunities autonomy to
schools more professional teachers more
coaching by senior teachers more learner
independence learning for life focus on
languages more cooperative learning/teaching
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• Introduction of CLIL in Flanders
• situation of CLIL in Europe 2008
• new needs Flanders in Europe
• organisation pilot project
• conditions
• government support
• training teachers
• challenges
• assets

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CLIL

• "CLIL refers to situations where subjects, or
  parts of subjects, are taught through a foreign
  language with dual-focused aims, namely the
  learning of content and the simultaneous learning
  of a foreign language.
• David Marsh, 1994, Finland
• Fremdspracheoffensive, 1994
• MARSH D., Profiling European CLIL Classrooms,
  2001
• European action programmes, 2002-2003
• Eurydice Report, 2006
• MALJERS et al., Council of Europe Country
  Report, 2007
• Key Data on teaching languages at schools, 2008

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English French German
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• CLIL in the Flemish Community
• A pilot project
• 3 years 2007 2010
• nine secondary schools
• monitored by University of Leuven
• Frank Vandebroucke, minister of education

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• Profile pilot schools
• General education
• Technical education
• Spread over Flanders
• Subjects taught
• Art (optional)
• Sciences (phys, geo, chem, bio)
• Economics (curricular)
• History (curricular)
• Projects (optional, Latin, chess)
• CLIL-Languages

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• Conditions
• Optionally in Dutch at all times
• Not in Brussels
• English only in 5th and 6th forms
• 4 hours a week
• End-terms in Dutch
• English (7) French (1) German (1)
• Cooperate with Leuven

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• Teachers
• Volunteers in a legal framework
• Selected by head
• Get support for extra work
• Take extra courses
• Ideal language and subject teacher in one
• Extra schooling
• Through feedback from language teacher
• Courses in England/Finland (Norwich, Bell)

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• Support
• Each school 3,000 euro per CLIL-class
• Beamers, dictionaries, books, equipment science,
  schooling, copies, transport
• 15 hours per CLIL-class
• School coordinator, subject teachers,
  administration
• 1 teacher for 15 (general) or 12 (technical)
  students

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• Support
• K.U.Leuven
• Testing Interviews
• Intervision
• Input on CLIL-methodologies
• Pedagogical advisors
• Website
• School visits
• Protocol cooperation subject teacher/language
  teacher
• School coordinator
• Language feedback
• Meetings

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• Support K.U.Leuven
• Testing students twice a year, both CLIL- and
  non-CLIL class
• Method of testing Dialang

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• Tests
• Digital tests
• Feedback to students
• Validated tests Dialang
• Expected minimal levels
• 1st and 2nd year French A1
• 3rd year French A2
• 5th year English B1
• 6th year English B2

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www.dialang.org
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• Support advisors and coordinator
• By organising cooperation language and subject
  teacher
• Negotiating subjects in language lesson
• Grading through student portfolio
• E-twinning
• Via website
• Via portfolio work

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http//www.dpbbrugge.be/engels/content_language_in
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http//visual.merriam-webster.com/
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http//science.howstuffworks.com/
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http//www.howjsay.com/
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http//www.teachnology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
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• Infrastructure/aids
• Visual support audio-support
• Smartboard or One computer classroom
• Online dictionaries in the classroom with
  speakers
• Trip abroad

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• Challenges
• Finding teachers
• Training teachers
• Classroom English
• Target language
• Language methodology (eliciting, other skills but
  reading)
• CLIL-methodology (compensating, visual support,)
• Elitist
• Intake tests
• Private schools
• Best students choose it
• Brussels ethnic minorities

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• Challenges
• Balance language subject
• Language level should be high enough
• Teachers not always volunteer
• Teachers who are ill
• End-terms need to be met in own language
• Grading of language, reports

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• Evaluation of the project
• Interviews students, teachers, heads
• SWOT
• Motivation
• Reaction parents (social pressure)
• Experiences
• Progress
• Work load
• Observations
• Tests
  

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• Assets
• Levels rise (reading, vocabulary)
• Exposure, the sooner the better
• Motivation high
• Preparation for further studies
• Parents want it
• European context
• Impact of duo-teaching on methods receptive -
  productive

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• Conclusion
• CLIL in Europe
• CLIL in Flanders
• Organisation
• Support
• Challenges
• Assets
• Valuable
• Avoid elitism
• The younger the better

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December 2008 CLIL