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Frequently Asked Questions
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) references
1. CLIL compendium books/papers
Almost all of the CLIL Compendium references are available at the British Library, at St Pancras in London, with public access if you want to view these items.
Many of Marsh publications are from the University of Jyvaskyla Continuing Education Centre. David Marsh's contact details can be found on Quality assurance and professional development programmes for teaching through English (pdf 914 KB).
2. The University of Nottingham
The School of Education is an important centre for CLIL in the UK. Two key people who have written publications and are active in CLIL research are Do Coyle and Philip Hood. They run teacher training, masters courses and other projects related to CLIL.
Read an extract from one of Do Coyle's publications/documents.
3. CILT sources and resources
The CLIL pages contain information and case studies including:
- Tomlinscote Language College and the SALT bilingual project
- 14-19 Learning networks Tille Hill Wood School & Language College case study
- Masih, J. ed. Learning through a foreign language: models, methods and outcomes. CILT, 1999. Presents perspectives on integrating CLIL in the classroom drawing on practical experiences, and also dicusses current and future challenges to CLIL. Available in the CILT library or download the pdf of the full book (pdf 2.08 MB).
Links to CILT publications that might be of interest, depending upon the age of your learners:
- Resource file 1: changing places - cross curricular approaches to teaching languages (Kim Brown and Margot Brown)
- Young Pathfinder 7: making the link - Relating languages to other work in the school (Daniel Tierney and Malcolm Hope)
4. Other links and resources
- CLIL-Axis: Projects and issues exploring CLIL in professional and vocational education are discussed, with some useful references and links.
- The CLIL Compendium
- Euroclic project (The European Network for Content and Language Integrated Classrooms)
- European Commission website CLIL page
- Eurydice research report into the position of CLIL in Europe was carried out in 2005
- Garotti, Federica Ricci Offene probleme in CLIL mit Deutsch als Fremdsprache. In: Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa: Erfahrungen, Bedürfnisse, Gute Praxis = Multilingualism across Europe: Findings, Needs, Best Practices, 24-26 August 2006, Bolzano. Proceedings… Accademia Europea Bolzano, 2006. ISBN 88 88906 27 4. Pages 321-334
- Grenfell, M. Modern languages across the curriculum. Routledge Falmer, 2002. ISBN: 0415254833
- Modern foreign languages: looking to the future: QCA Seminar, London, 8 Feb 2005
- Teacher Training Resource Bank: A list of articles compiled in response to a question on teaching Science through Spanish in primary schools
- Team Teaching CLIL Axis project and toolkit and handbook
- Wix School, Battersea The first bilingual state school in England - with lessons in French and English. The project is supported by the French Embassy
- WKTO Mobile Integrated Learning
5. Recent articles in journals held by the CILT resources library
- Matter, Vreni (2007) Interview on CLIL. The Teacher Trainer. Vol. 21, issue 2. Page 18
- Seikkula-Leino, Jaana (2007) CLIL learning: achievement levels and affective factors. Language Education. Vol. 21, issue 4. Pages 328 - 341
- Marsh, David, and Frigols, Maria Jesus (2007) CLIL as a catalyst for change in languages education. Babylonia. No 3. Pages 33 -37
Last updated 25/02/2008
