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Curriculum integrated language teaching : CLIL in practice /

"This book aims to address the peculiarities of language learning in predominantly Anglophone contexts. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is the focus of our attention, given its potential to meet the challenges faced by teachers of foreign languages in primary and secondary schoo...

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Other Authors: Bower, Kim, 1961- (Editor), Coyle, Do, 1952- (Editor), Cross, Russell, 1976- (Editor), Chambers, Gary N., 1956- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Language arts > Correlation with content subjects > English-speaking countries.
Language and languages > Study and teaching > English-speaking countries.
Education, Bilingual > English-speaking countries.
Education, Bilingual.
Language and languages > Study and teaching.
Language arts > Correlation with content subjects.
English-speaking countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Diane J. Tedick
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement
  • Part I. The educational context for CLIL: 1. CLIL in multilingual and English-background contexts: expanding the potential of content and language integrated pedagogies for mainstream learning / Kim Bower, Russell Cross and Do Coyle
  • 2. How can learners be motivated in a context of demotivation for foreign language learning? / Kim Bower
  • 3. A rationale for CLIL in primary schools / Philip Hood
  • Part II. Current aspects of practice in CLIL: 4. What pupils say about transition (KS2-3) and what this might mean for CLIL / Gary N. Chambers
  • 5. Diversity and transnationalism: the 'merged curriculum' approach in bilingual programmes in Australia / Simone Smala
  • 6. Three schools, three models: senior leaders' views about the value of CLIL in their school / Kim Bower
  • 7. Plurilingualism in the content and language integrated classroom: students' languages as resources in the CLIL context / Margaret Gearon and Russell Cross
  • Part III. New knowledge/future directions: 8. Lessons to be learned: a professional development approach to curriculum planning in a multilingual school in Galicia / Xabier San Isidro and David Lasagabaster
  • 9. Supporting peer collaboration and social cohesion in multilingual classrooms: practical insights from content-based learning contexts / Gabriela Meier
  • 10. Exploring the potential of a pluriliteracies approach / Do Coyle
  • Afterword / Russell Cross, Kim Bower, Do Coyle and Gary N. Chambers
  • Index.