Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

Elliott School has developed the concept of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) within the context of Geography.

Students from Years 6 up to 9 are currently studying French within the context of Geography. This work won the Languages Department a European Award for Languages in 2004.
 

What are the benefits of CLIL?
Although it may take a while for pupils to acclimatise to the challenges of CLIL, once they are familiar with the new way of working, demonstrably increased motivation and focus makes it possible (and likely) that they will progress at faster-than-usual rates in the content subject. CLIL aims to improve performance in both the content subject and the foreign language. Research indicates there are no detrimental effects for the CLIL pupils (and often progress is demonstrably better).

Further information on the CLIL approach to language teaching can be found at the following website:
http://www.cilt.org.uk/clip/faqs.htm

You can down load examples of resources used at Elliott School in order to see how we go about combining the teaching of Geography and French. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to read the files)

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