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The Effects of Bilingual Teaching on Learners

Juliane Kriesmann Europäisches Gymnasium – Bertha-von-Suttner, Berlin, 2013. The Effects of Bilingual Teaching on Learners. 0 Introduction. Bi-/ Multilingual staff !!!. ?. PROBLEM / CHALLENGE.

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The Effects of Bilingual Teaching on Learners

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  1. Juliane Kriesmann Europäisches Gymnasium – Bertha-von-Suttner, Berlin, 2013 The Effectsof Bilingual Teaching on Learners

  2. 0 Introduction Bi-/ Multilingual staff !!! ? PROBLEM / CHALLENGE Bi-/Multilingualismleadsto a greater potential formulticompetence, creativityandinnovation.

  3. Outline 1 The ContributionofBilingualismtoCreativity andMulticompetence 1.1 The Flexible Mind 1.2 The Problem-SolvingMind 1.3 The MetalinguisticMind 1.4 The Learning Mind 1.5 The Interpersonal Mind 2 Added Value – The Quality CLIL Potential 2.1 Quality CLIL 2.2Towards Quality CLIL 2.3 Added Value – The CLIL Potential 3 Conclusion 4 Challenge The Creative & Innovative Mind

  4. 1.1 The Flexible Mind • Bilingualism increases cognitive flexibility, adaptability and the capacity to think. • The flexible mind: • offers alternative ways of perceiving the surrounding world • is one which can adapt itself to the demands of different • situations • is a multicompetent mind • gains energy from ‘creative tension’ • Result: Different waysofthinkingenhancethe potential for • creativity.

  5. 1.2 The Problem-SolvingMind Bilingualismincreasestheabilitytocontrolattention. The problem-solvingmind: • can separate importantfrom irrelevant information • can separate distracting alternatives whichinterferewith thought • determinesplanningandcategorising • hashigherconceptformationskills • cananalyzeinformation Result: Bilingualismhas an impact on creativeproblem-solving competencies.

  6. 1.3 The MetalinguisticMind Bilingualismincreasestheawareness of language as a tool for thinking and communication. The metalinguisticmind: • analyzes how language is usedto achieve specific goals • identifies ambiguity in communication • shows: - improved reading skills - increased phonemic awareness - sensitivity in interpersonal communication - an increased abilityto‘go beyond the words’ Result:Language awareness gives the potential for enriched information processing.

  7. 1.4 The Learning Mind Bilingualism increases the memory function of the brain. The learning mind: • shows a functional plasticity & changes in the brain’s electrical activity • has an increased ability to build up new knowledge • is more efficient in retaining, organizing, storing and retrieving information Result: Bilingualism has a greatimpact on constructing new knowledge (= creative process) and learning in general.

  8. 1.5 The Interpersonal Mind Bilingualism increases interpersonal communication awareness and skills. The interpersonal mind: • understands and responds to the communicative needs of others • possesses interactional competence in communication • possesses contextual sensitivity • differentiates languages in sensitive ways Result: Multi-skills in interpersonal interaction can affect the potential of creativity.

  9. An Interim Result Bilingualism results in the expansion of certain types of human potential: • the potential of creativity • thinking • learning • problem-solving • communicating Bilingualism opens up forms of added value which go beyond the languages themselves and lead to creativity, higher order thinking and multicompetence.

  10. 2.1 Quality CLIL – The 4Cs-Framework

  11. 2.2 Towards Quality CLIL Input • meaningful, authentic, challenging, multi-modal Tasks • studentinteraction • authenticcommunicaton • subjectspecificstudyskillsScaffolding • higher order thinking Output • cross-culturalcommunication • fluency, accuracy, complexity • BICS ⇒CALP Figure: CLIL Core Elements, O. Meyer , 2010

  12. 2.3 AddedValue – The CLIL Potential • Raisinglinguisticcompetenceandconfidence • Promotinghigher order thinking • Raisingexpectations – raisingmotivation • Developing a wider rangeofskills • Raisingawareness: culturesand global citizenship Result: Bilingualism has the potential to play a key role in responding to challenges of the present and future.

  13. 4 Challenge Competence-building through lifelong learning is of acute significance because of the speed of change in our societies. The major future challenge in the educational field is how to reform our learning systems to prepare our young people for • jobs that do not exist yet • using technologies that have not been invented yet • solving problems that haven’t been identified yet

  14. Sources European Commisson(2009): MultilingualismandCreativity. Towards an Evidence-base – Compendium Part I, Europublic, Brussels Meyer, Oliver (2010): Towards Quality-CLIL: SuccessfulPlanningand Teaching strategies, Puls, p.11-29 Meyer, Oliver (2011): Quality CLIL Matrix, Seminar Material

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