I am the coordinator teacher  of Erasmus+ projects in this school, I have a long experience in European Projects. 

I started with Comenius programmes in 1999 and since then I have worked on european projeccts : Comenius. L.L.P. and now Erasmus+: I have also been working on partnership with colleagues in E-Twinning, This was an extraordianry useful experience because I learned a lot about the use of ICT in education.
Now I look forward to learn about CLIL methodoogy .I think that this course offers a precious opportunity for my professional development

CALP stands for cognitive academic language proficiency or CALP. It  is a formal, decontextualised language variety used in school. Indeed, Jim Cummins distinguishes CALP  from Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) which is an informal, contextualised, social variety of language.
CALP skills take a lot longer to develop than BICS skills: academics in the USA suggest that whereas an immigrant learner can learn BICS skills in 2 years, they will take 7 years to acquire CALP. Moreover, Jim Cummins advances the theory that there is a common underlying proficiency (CUP) between two languages. Skills, ideas and concepts students learn in their first language will be transferred to the second language.

Language teachers can influence good practice in CLIL projects is by helping their subject colleagues. They have some of the skills to do so. They can, for instance, advise subject teachers on their own language use, on the language demands of their subjects and on the kinds of language support practice which the subject teachers can incorporate into their lessons. They can also work with them on planning schemes of work, making materials and assessment.