UNIT 1

1. INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING CURRICULUM CONCEPTS THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ANOTHER LANGUAGE UNIT 1 jsp 2010-2011

2. AIMS OF THE SESSION • Knowing what is CLIL. • Kwowing its historical background. • Understanding its rapid widespread around Europe and Spain. jsp 2010-2011

3. CONTENTS OF THE SESSION • Warm up activity • Teacher’s speech on topic • History • Names • Definition • Key terms • Reasons / advantages • Obstacles • European Organisations • The Valencian Project • Debate on topic • Implementation jsp 2010-2011

4. WARM UP • What makes CLIL so innovative? • Is CLIL a hindrance for the mother tongue? • What languages are usually taught? • Is CLIL just for gifted students? jsp 2010-2011

5. A BRIEF HISTORY (I) • International schools • Subjects taught in one of the world’s majority languages (French, English, German, Spanish) • EU language policy • Native language + two languages of the Union jsp 2010-2011

6. A BRIEF HISTORY (II) • 1990: Lingua Program • 1993: Language Learning for European Citizenship. • 1995: European White Paper on Education and Training. • 1996: EuroCLIC Network, the term CLIL introduced, “Learning and Teaching Non-language Subjects through a Foreign Language”. • 2001: availability of a comprehensive typology of European CLIL • 2002: European Year of Languages. CLIL Compendium. • 2004: Action Plan for the Promotion of Language Learning & Linguistic Diversity • 2005: The Potential of Plurilingual Education symposium jsp 2010-2011

7. CLIP CBI CBLI CBLT EAC EAL EMI FLIP FLAME LAC TCTE TETC TCFL DFI BCT CLIL MANY NAMES jsp 2010-2011

8. DEFINITION • Teaching subjects to students through a foreign language (David Marsh, 1994). • All types of provision in which a second language is used to teach certain subjects in the curriculum other than the language lessons themselves (Eurydice Report, 2006). jsp 2010-2011

9. DAVID MARSH • David Marsh, UNICOM, Continuing Education Centre,  University of Jyväskylä, Finland • Since the 1980s: multilingualism & bilingual education • 1994: launching of the term CLIL. • 2002: The European Dimension: Actions, Trends and Foresight Potential.  • 2004-2006: compilation of the EC Action Plan: Promoting Language Learning & Linguistic Diversity.   • 2004: Special Educational Needs in Europe - The Teaching and Learning of Languages: Insights & Innovation. • 2008-2009: international research team about the evidence of links between multilingualism and creativity. • Up to 2010: Strategic Director for CCN (Europe). Educational development and research initiatives in the European Union & East Asia. jsp 2010-2011

10. Additional Language Bilingual Environment Certification Discourse Type Exposure Low Medium High Foreign Language ICT Immersion Method Intercultural Knowledge & Understanding. Language Awareness Language Shower Learning Styles CLIL KEY TERMS (I) jsp 2010-2011

11. Learning Strategies Majority Language Minority Language Monolingual Environment Mother Tongue Multilingual Environment Native Speaker Plurilingual Attitudes School Profile Second Language Target Language Trans-languaging CLIL KEY TERMS (II) jsp 2010-2011

12. WHY CLIL? • A tool for the promotion of foreign languages. • A tool for the promotion of minority languages. • Language acquistion is most effective: communicative approach. • Susbtantive basis for language learning: acquisition of new language structures. • Second language learning is an integral part of social and cognitive development in school settings. • It respects the specificity of language use. jsp 2010-2011

13. CLIL PYRAMID jsp 2010-2011

14. THE FUTURE • CLIL requires a rethink of the traditional concepts of the language classroom and the language teacher. • Obstacles: • Subject teachers unwilling to take on the responsibility. • Most current CLIL programs are experimental. • A good deal of conscious learning is involved → skills from the subject teacher. • Lack of CLIL teacher-training programs. • Unnatural aspects: teaching of literature. jsp 2010-2011

15. EUROPEAN CLIL ORGANISATIONS • EuroCLIC: The European Network for Content and Language Integrated Classrooms. (www.euroclic.net) • TIE-CLIL: Translanguage in Europe. • CLIL Cascade Network: On-line community of CLIL practitioners and their professional partners who share ideas, experiences and resources. (www.ccn-clil.eu) jsp 2010-2011

16. PEBE • Valencian Community Plurilingual Project • Primary 1st Decree: DOGV July 14th, 1998 (1) • Primary current Decree: DOCV July 21st, 2007 (2) • Preprimary 1st Decree: DOGV August 21st, 2008 • Secondary current Decree: DOCV April 26th, 2010.(3) jsp 2010-2011

17. DEBATE ON TOPIC • Would you like to start a multilingual programme in your school? • How would you do it? • What results could you expect? jsp 2010-2011

18. HOW TO DO IT? • School project accepted by School Board and Staff. • The plurilingual program is based on a Bilingual Program (PIP or PEV) • Subjects in foreign language: maximum 2. • Foreign language = vehicular language. • Communicative approach. • LIL / CLIL. • Two ways: • subject teacher using English as the language of instruction (teachers with “Capacitació”) • Subject teacher without foreign language skills + English teacher (simultaneously) • Two hours for coordinating non-language teachers with language teachers. • Teachers involved in the project must prepare materials and share them with other teachers. jsp 2010-2011

19. REMEMBER • NEXT SESSION: JANUARY, 11TH MERRY CHRISTMAS jsp 2010-2011