CLIL

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CLIL

• A case study Spain

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In this presentation

• What does CLIL stand for again?!
• CLIL in Spain country background
• CLIL in Spain what the law says
• Four main areas of CLIL in Spain
• Some considerations
• Practical tips

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What does CLIL stand for again?!

• It stands for Content and Language Integrated
  Learning

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CLIL in Spain country background
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Spain country background

• Official languages (apart from Spanish)
• Catalan
• Galician
• Basque

• SPAIN
• Population 46 million
• 17 autonomous communities
• 4 official languages

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Student population in state education in Spain
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CLIL in Spain - legislation

• Subjects taught in foreign languages
• Education authorities can authorise that part of
  the subjects taught in the curriculum can be
  given in a foreign language The aim being that
  students will acquire the basic terminology for
  the subject in both languages

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Four main areas of CLIL in Spain

1. International schools
2. Individual private school initiatives
3. Local authority initiatives
4. Local authority sponsored bilingual sections
5. British Council bilingual schools project

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1. International schools

• Usually outside mainstream school system
• Follow target language/culture syllabus
• Not in market for EFL textbooks
• May use imported materials
• Usually several schools (English, French, German
  etc) in each big city

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2. Individual private school initiatives

• Private schools add CLIL classes as a response to
  local authority sponsored projects in the public
  sector
• Most typical in primary
• Often non-linguistic subjects (Art, PE)
• Science also common
• Little communication between schools
• Little training or support
• English teachers doing the CLIL classes

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3. Local authority sponsored bilingual sections

• Present in most regions of Spain but in varying
  numbers
• Started in Primary and moving into Secondary
• Wide range of subjects depends on available
  teacher
• More training and support
• Subject teachers doing CLIL classes
• Often only one group in the school year doing CLIL

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4. British Council Bilingual Schools Project

• 7-10 hours CLIL per week
• Native speaker teachers recruited in UK or US
• Language Literacy, Science, Geography, History,
  Art
• Yearly seminar for all schools involved
• Training from the British Council

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Some considerations

1. Timetable
2. Choice of subject areas
3. Teacher availability
4. Resources available
5. Evaluation
6. How to select material

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1. Timetable

• How many hours do students have of English as a
  foreign language per week?
• Are there any subject areas which already have
  content delivered in English?
• How many hours of another subject would it be
  feasible to do in English?

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2. Choice of subject areas

• Which subject areas would be the most suitable
  for bilingual teaching?
• Which subjects contain a practical element which
  would make learning in a second language easier?
• Which subjects contain some language that may
  overlap the language being taught in the English
  classroom?
• Are there any subjects which are clearly
  unsuitable?

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3. Teacher availability

• Are any teachers of other subjects able to speak
  English to the necessary level?
• Do the English teachers have the capacity and/or
  qualifications to teach another subject?
• Are both sets of teachers willing to take part in
  the scheme?
• Do these teachers have sufficient flexibility in
  their timetable?

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4. Resources available

• Multimedia resources
• Library resources / reference material
• Local teacher centres
• Published materials

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5. Evaluation

• Some considerations regarding how the subject
  area is evaluated
• Do we evaluate it according to the same criteria
  as if it were conducted in the students L1?
• Do we evaluate the level of the foreign language
  as well as students knowledge of the subject
  area?

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6. How to select material

• Is there enough material available?
• Is the linguistic level appropriate?
• Is it suitable for the age group?
• Is it attractive and motivating?

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Some practical tips

• Choose a subject area
• Brainstorm all the topic areas within that
  subject
• Put them in order of suitability to be taught in
  English
• Consider the main topics, language and vocabulary
  students are learning in English at that level
• Is there any overlap between topics and
  vocabulary in the subject area and the English
  syllabus?
• Set up work groups with other subject teachers

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Summary

• What does CLIL stand for again?!
• CLIL in Spain what the law says
• Four main areas of CLIL in Spain
• Some considerations
• Practical tips

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