Saturday, 21 June 2014

CLIL - part 1

Today, I would like to write something about CLIL (in French EMILE). The term:
 CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
 refers to situations where subjects, or parts of subjects, are taught through a foreign language (EMILE Enseignement de Matières par l’Intégration d’une Langue Etrangère, I used to think that EMILE could be only the name :-), by the way my neighbour’s name is Emilian). 
How should a subject (for example mathematics) be taught in a foreign language like French? 
In Poland, the students of bilingual schools take their Polish matura math examination as well as a math exam in French. This is why bilingual teaching in Poland follows the curriculum requirements and assumes the acquisition of the subject terminology in both languages. 
What is the role of language in math class lessons? 
Maybe, I will write about it tomorrow, because my kids are not happy that their mum spends so much time in front of her computer...
http://www.onestopenglish.com/clil/

4 comments:

  1. Yes, write something more please I will read it with pleasure :)
    have a nice week!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Magdalena, you will be very valuable in the teaching market once you get your degree in French. Being a mathematician with the knowledge of languages should be appreciated in many schools. I remember my daughter (she was taught chemistry, physics and maths in French) complaining that the teachers' French was not that good actually. So you can do something about it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Thank you :-). I would like to teach maths in French and I hope I will do it.

    ReplyDelete