In content and language integrated learning (CLIL), as in any other type of bilingual education, two languages are used to promote cognitive and language learning. Whereas in the bilingual classroom the two languages are always present, in CLIL they may appear together or be used in totally separate….

Investigating coexistence

A short presentation on the importance of mult ilingualism in Higher Education, it was presented last year at the UNED in a seminar on linguistic policy in the University.

LA UNIVERSIDAD MULTILINGÜE – Inma Fortanet

The aim of this article is to explore the potential of integrated reading and writing activities within the CLIL classroom from the perspective of the students’ linguistic achievements. The paper presents a case study of a 2 semester-long project involving 17 undergraduate students of International Relations, who were offered CLIL classes as an alternative to a traditional EFL course. These CLIL students were learning History of European Integration through English as an instructional medium. More importantly, systematic text-responsible writing assignments were incorporated into the framework of the CLIL formula, and it is assumed that such a variable contributed to the effectiveness of this course in terms of foreign language competence growth.

International CLIL Research Journal Vol 1 (2) 2009 Article 4

Brief ant to-the-point presentation to help students understand the benefits and principles of using English as a medium of instruction in Higher Education.

Edward’s students

There are considerable opportunities to integrate CLIL teaching into Finland’s higher education system. The opportunities and challenges of a Team Teaching approach are here discussed in the context of business management, and health care/social work.

CLIL team-teaching

As competition for students increases, Europe’s universities are offering more courses in the ‘global language’ – but this trend will have a profound impact on campus and beyond. In the final article in our series on the spread of bilingual and Clil education, Bob Wilkinson examines the implications for the tertiary sector.

Where is English Taking Universities

Descartado hace tiempo el esperanto, todo apunta a que la lengua franca va a ser el inglés. En futuro, porque aún no lo es. Sí en el mundo empresarial o en el de la investigación. Pero este aspecto, que requiere una inversión (no sólo económica, principalmente organizativa y de impulso político) a medio-largo plazo no está exento de dificultades.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Universidad/europea/habla/ingles/alumno/elpepusoc/20090912elpepisoc_1/Tes

Content and Language Integrated Learning has an important contribution to make to the development of quality Higher Education, and to the promotion of foreign language skills, in the European Union.  The decision to offer CLIL courses is best taken in the context of a coherent university language policy that promotes linguistic diversity; courses should be offered in a range of languages. CLIL courses will have most impact when they are taught by appropriately trained teachers and structured around appropriate learning objectives for both language and content.

Holdsworth-v1-icl

This discussion brief highlights key issues in language learning by undergraduates (1st cycle) in European higher education, hereafter HE, with respect to medium of instruction. Medium of instruction is examined in relation to the use of a second, or otherwise foreign language, as the medium of education.

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How are Language for Special Purposes (LSP) courses in higher education best taught? What is the best way to retain the interest of students so intent on studying a specific subject or profession that they lose interest in a language course that does not seem immediately relevant? Can the special language of a given subject be taught in isolation from the subject itself, and how is the scepticism of subject matter specialists towards LSP courses best countered? CLIL programs may offer a solution to these questions, evidenced by growing numbers of colleges and universities…

CLIL in HE. EuroCLIL

A DISCUSSION BRIEF OF CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL) AT THE FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

CLIL Description Brief

EXPLORING STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CURRICULUM IN A LAW PROGRAMME TAUGHT IN ENGLISH AT AN ITALIAN UNIVERSITY

CLIL article walbaum spitzmiller Urbino 2009 public.

English as a Medium of Instruction
at the Faculty of Engineering in
Naples – Italy

Francomacaro

Bilingual rearing of children, instead
of confusing them, may bring lifelong
advantages

Science Bilingualism Oct 14

David Marsh reports on the neurological implications of using two or more languages.

This paper reports on the analysis of the spoken production of academic lecturers in a Spanish university context where teaching is conducted thorough a foreign language (English).

E. Dafouz

SPEAKING two languages rather than just one has obvious practical benefits in an increasingly globalized world. But in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. Being bilingual, it turns out, makes you smarter. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age.

Biinguals are smarter

Scientists have long suspected that some enhanced mental abilities might be tied to structural differences in brain networks shaped by learning more than one language, just as a musician’s brain can be altered by the long hours of practice needed to master an instrument.

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Un proyecto desarrollado en la Universidad de Granada ha demostrado que el bilingüismo mejora las capacidades de atención y entrena la memoria, de ahí que saber dos idiomas tenga ventajas más allá de la evidente facilidad para comunicarse. El proyecto Procesos de Atención y memoria en la selección de idiomas en bilingües y traductores, del que ha informado Innova Press de la Junta de Andalucía, ha sido coordinado por los profesores Teresa Bajo Molina y Pedro Macizo Soria.

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/bilinguismo/mejora/atencion/memoria/estudio/elpepusocedu/20110108elpepusoc_11/Tes

Hace décadas que los investigadores indagan en los efectos que tiene en el cerebro humano el conocimiento de dos lenguas distintas. En la última reunión de la Sociedad Americana para el Avance de la Ciencia (AAAS según sus siglas en inglés), que acaba de comenzar en Washington (EEUU), el bilingüismo tampoco ha pasado desapercibido.

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/2011/02/18/neurociencia/1298046214.html

Learning a second language can boost brain power, scientists believe. The US researchers from Northwestern University say bilingualism is a form of brain training – a mental “work out” that fine-tunes the mind.

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