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Content and Language Integrated Learning

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Content and Language Integrated Learning

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CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning and refers to teaching subjects such as science, history and geography to students through a foreign language.

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Children’s questions about the world lay at the heart of My Little CLIL World, sparking students’ curiosity and making every project unique.

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This page has really good games for kids, and you can even choose what age you are and what kind of games do you want to play with.

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ESL Games and lesson plan ideas for young learners, teens and adult classes. Games and activities to practice grammar, speaking, vocabulary and writing.

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star | @CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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Emma loves her neighbourhood. There is a park. There are stores and a market. Where does she go every day?

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A simple board game where they can practice speaking and present continuous.

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How many different clothes can you see in the street? Think about all the different clothes you wear in just one day, in just one week. And the different clothes for different times of the year!

Harry did a project about clothes for his teacher. He knows a lot about clothes now. How about you?

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Bridge Education Group TEFL TESOL Certifications

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What Is CLIL and What Is Not? Introduction to CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning

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Wheels on the Bus | @CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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World of Better Learning | Cambridge University Press

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World of Better Learning has many articles about Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Here we delve deeper into the benefits of integrating subject content into the young learner's language classroom and suggest that teachers who introduce CLIL into their language learning classrooms will benefit not only their students but also themselves.

What do we mean by CLIL?

CLIL can mean different things to different people. In the Better Learning Research Review, Ben Knight (2022) presents the CLIL/EMI cline (shown below). This article refers to the left side of the cline where the focus is on mastering language skills in the classroom. However, many of the benefits for teachers will potentially be relevant to all teachers who integrate language and content into their lessons. See Peter Clements's blog post on English as an Additional Language for the other side of the cline.

CLIL in ELT

From the ELT perspective, CLIL or content lessons can help target a different type of language that can sometimes be overlooked in classes, cognitive academic language proficiency (CALP): the difference in the kind of language that we use for communicating with other people versus language used more academically. Jade Blue has a blog post that delves deeper into the types of language involved in CLIL.

For example, consider the subject of eggs. If we ask someone "would you like some eggs for breakfast?" or "do you like to eat eggs in the morning?", that's a different style of language than if we are talking about how we get eggs. A sentence like "eggs come from chickens" is not a typical example of language in everyday conversation, but it is still an essential style of English for learners to understand.

How learners benefit

To provide a practical, real-world example, let's explore a lesson from Cambridge's Kid's Box New Generation. This series focuses on teaching English to young learners and also includes CLIL content in each level.

This lesson starts with an engaging video to set the context, presents language, and then helps students develop critical thinking connections between food and where it comes from. At the end of the lesson, students have the opportunity to collaborate by designing their own food posters together, activating language and practising transferable life skills.

There are benefits for children doing this lesson that go beyond just learning language, by giving students a chance to learn more deeply and connect their use of language to other areas of the curriculum.

How teachers benefit

Teachers can also benefit from incorporating subject content into their language lessons. Some language teachers feel hesitant to bring in other subjects, especially if they lack confidence in their ability to teach those subjects. However, incorporating content into language lessons doesn't require teachers to be experts in the subject matter, as they are teaching the language of geography, science, or other subjects. Bringing in content can make lessons more engaging and enjoyable, adding variety to lesson planning and delivery.

It can also help to reinvigorate students' learning experience and provide a fresh perspective. By creating a dynamic and integrated classroom experience, both teachers and students can benefit from a more stimulating and rewarding learning environment.

Subject knowledge and teaching skills

Incorporating CLIL content into lessons can help teachers develop their own subject knowledge and become more well-rounded educators. Teaching CLIL lessons can also help teachers develop their language-teaching skills by adapting their strategies to meet the needs of teaching subject content. Both of these situations can lead to professional growth and development.

Collaboration

A CLIL approach can foster collaboration and interdisciplinary work among teachers, creating opportunities to develop professional relationships and a sense of community. Through collaboration, teachers can share their knowledge and expertise, learn from one another, and develop new teaching strategies that enhance student learning. Moreover, teachers who feel part of a community are more likely to be satisfied with their work, which can translate into increased job satisfaction and motivation.

In summary

So, while CLIL is often discussed in terms of its benefits for students, it's also important to recognise the benefits for teachers. Incorporating subject content into language lessons can help make teaching more enjoyable, develop subject knowledge and language teaching skills, and create opportunities for collaboration, all while helping students learn important content-related language and life skills.

To find out more about Kid's Box New Generation and download sample content, click here.

References: Knight, B. (2022). A research-based approach to professional development for English as a Medium of Learning teaching staff. In P. Watkins (Ed.), The Better Learning Research Review. Cambridge University Press & Assessment. https://www.cambridge.org/9781009152150

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The benefits of CLIL for young learners - and teachers!

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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) can benefit young learners - here's how to integrate it into the language classroom.

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Can you balance on one foot? Can you balance on two hands? Can you run? Can you stretch? Yes, you can! Learn about different sports and champions...and try some activities with your friends!

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Teaching demonstration of a hands-on CLIL lesson in action

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Storytime from the pictures they see

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Finger Family | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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Charles Vilina, co-author of the new Young Learners series, Oxford Discover, offers some practical tips on making the most of CLIL in the young learner classroom.
As a teacher of young learners, it's easy for me to see when my students are engaged in the lesson. I see it in their faces, in their posture, and in the way they inquire and respond. The class is almost vibrating with positive energy.
active, useful, meaningful, productive, experiential, challenging, rewarding, shared
What are the qualities of learning in such a classroom? Here are just a few suggestions:

Students who see value and purpose in their learning, who are challenged to think actively and to ask their own questions, are going to be engaged in the lesson. Take those qualities away, and students become bored and disenchanted.

Discovering the World

This brings us to the subject of content-based language education, which many teachers know as CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). In a CLIL lesson, we open the windows of our classrooms and invite our amazing world inside. Students discover the world for themselves, using the tools of language in a meaningful way as they move through the lesson. As a result, language fluency is increased.

For our young learners, a successful CLIL lesson is meaningful, challenging, rewarding, and requires them to think deeply and learn actively.

Eight Points for Success

There are eight points to remember when incorporating CLIL into your young learners' classroom.

1. Introduce the world through many core subjects

Since our purpose as language teachers is to build fluency, students should be introduced to a wide variety of core subjects (in the areas of social studies, the sciences, the arts, and math) to build strong language skills. Each core subject has its own particular vocabulary, grammar, and approach to learning. Social language (BICS) and academic language (CALP) are used in these CLIL lessons, integrating and strengthening both.

2. Let students lead the way by asking their own questions

When we introduce a subject, students should first have the opportunity to discuss what they know and what they want to know about it. This inquiry-based approach to learning engages students from the start. Students are invited to discuss their prior knowledge and experience of a subject, making them feel that they are active participants in the learning process. When students then go on to wonder, to ask their own questions about the subject, they create a personal interest in finding the answers. This supports strong student engagement.

Questions might include, based on the subject matter:

Why do butterflies have four wings?
Why are there 365 days in a year?
Why are cities often built near rivers or lakes?

The teacher can contribute to this process by wondering, too. As the teacher also has questions, this changes student perception. They begin to look at their teacher as a partner in learning.

3. Present content through both fiction and non-fiction

Everything in our world is enriched when presented through fiction as well as facts. Our young learners need exposure to stories as well as to expository texts, giving them fresh examples of how knowledge can be presented. This builds literacy skills as well as knowledge.

Here is an example of providing both fictional and non-fictional content for students, taken from Oxford Discover. The core subject is natural science, and it poses the big question, Where are we in the universe?

In the first reading above, the subject is presented through a fictional poem about a little girl and her imaginary spacecraft. In the second reading, a science article presents information about our solar system. Through both readings, students approach learning in a unique way.

4. Match the content to the students' language ability

Be sure that the content you present is at a level of vocabulary and grammar that is comprehensible to your students. This means that the majority of the vocabulary and grammar in the readings has already been explicitly taught and learned in previous lessons.

However, every CLIL lesson will introduce additional vocabulary and grammar that are needed to understand the particular subject or topic. This additional vocabulary and grammar are taught explicitly, either before or after students are introduced to them in the readings. As students experience the new words and grammar through the context of the readings, their understanding increases.

5. Present content in an interesting and challenging way

The world is a fascinating place, but material is often presented in a dull way. Find content that triggers a child's natural spirit of curiosity. There should be a sense of wonder, exploration, and discovery within the words of the readings.

6. Allow students to organize the content in a meaningful way

Once students have discovered information about a subject, they should have an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge. This can begin with comprehension activities, but it should soon move to higher order thinking tasks.

A successful CLIL lesson often uses graphic organizers such as time lines, Venn diagrams, mind maps, or charts (illustrating cause and effect, chain of events, etc.). Graphic organizers require students to analyze the information and make sense of it.

Here is an example of a graphic organizer used for the reading shown above about our solar system. It is a Venn diagram, asking students to compare and contrast Earth and the planet Venus.

By challenging students to think more deeply, you create a much more active and motivating learning experience for them.

7. Give students an opportunity to talk about what they have learned

Throughout the CLIL process, students are building literacy skills through intensive reading. However, they need an opportunity to build their listening and speaking skills as well. Many opportunities exist in a CLIL lesson for this. For example, students should be encouraged to create their own questions about the readings. This lets students take control of their own learning, as well as to demonstrate what they know. As students share questions and answers, fluency is improved.

In addition, the graphic organizers described above can be a jumping board for dialogue. Students can work in pairs and complete the graphic organizers together while discussing their choices. Later, student pairs can work with other pairs to discuss what they have learned.

8. Provide a summative project to complete the CLIL lessons

A summative project allows students to take what they have learned and create something original with it. A strong summative project is collaborative (getting students to achieve something together) as well as creative (contributing their own original ideas) and communicative (listening, speaking, reading, and writing through the process). In addition, there should be an opportunity for students to present their projects to the class, building their public speaking skills.

Here is an example of a summative project around the subject of our solar system, taken from Oxford Discover. Students work together in small groups to create a model of our solar system, and then present it to the class.

To conclude, a successful CLIL lesson is a student-centered approach to learning. The teacher facilitates the learning process by moving around the class, ensuring that students are actively involved and using the language tools they need to succeed. It is inquiry-based, encouraging students to ask their own questions and seek their own answers together.
Would you like more practical tips on using CLIL and teaching 21st Century skills to your young learners? Visit our site on Teaching 21st Century skills with confidence for free video tips, activity ideas and teaching tools.
Most importantly, CLIL allows students to use their language skills in a meaningful and productive way, building fluency and confidence as they seek and discover knowledge.

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Engaging Young Learners Through CLIL - Teaching English with Oxford

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Charles Vilina, co-author of the new Young Learners series, Oxford Discover, offers some practical tips on making the most of CLIL in the young learner classroom. As a teacher of young learners, it's easy for me to see when my students are engaged in the lesson.

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How to bring CLIL into a kindergarten classroom

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How to bring CLIL into a kindergarten classroom

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How to bring CLIL into your kindergarten classroom: a CLIL activity

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Bingo with foods, or whatever topics they want to

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Bingo | @CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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9 Fantastic CLIL Activities for Any Foreign Language Classroom | FluentU General Educator Blog

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CLIL activities are meant to teach students a foreign language through other topics, like math, history and drama. These 9 fascinating activities will get your students engaged and excited, from classic games with a twist to map races and art exercises. You can easily adapt them for different proficiency levels!

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Old MacDonald | @CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

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This comprehensive 21st Century CLIL Resource Pack is designed to introduce new topics in a CLIL context using a cross-curricular approach while integrating the language and revising vocabulary or structures at the given language level.
All resources focus on talking about topics, with Speaking and Listening skills the focal point of the activities.
The materials reference back to the Cambridge Young Learners examinationsStarters, Movers and Flyers.

The topics covered in the 21st Century CLIL Resource Pack are intended to extend the vocabulary and communicative proficiency of primary and lower secondary learners.The topic sinclude geography, literature, history, music, science, art, mathematics, drama, citizenship and physical education.

The language used in the topics is repeated in various ways and in different contexts throughout the units.
Every lesson in each unit is graded according to the level of the Cambridge YLE syllabus. The teacher can select the topic according to the suitability of the language leveland topic for their class.