L6-CLIL

CLIL 

Activity 1-7 - GROUP DISCUSSION

1- What is “Content and Language Integrated Learning” (CLIL)? 

CLIL is a dual-focused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language with the objective of promoting both content and language mastery to pre-defined levels.

2- Is there any difference between immersion and CLIL teaching? 

There are many differences between immersion and CLIL teaching.

3- If so, what are the main differences? 

Regarding language of instruction, in immersion, the language of instruction is often present in the student's context (home, society at large or both). However, in CLIL they are foreign languages

On the other hand, regarding teachers, in immersion programmes teachers are native speakers (NS), but in CLIL they are not (only B2 level is normally required).

Finally, regarding language objective, in immersion the goal is to obtain near NS proficiency in L2, and CLIL strives for functional proficiency. Furthermore, in immersion students are not allowed to use their L1 and in CLIL students can swap code.