Description
Book SynopsisThis monograph provides a comprehensive insight into the overriding hot topics regarding the implementation of bilingual education type CLIL (content and language integrated learning) that have been recently spotlighted by researchers and different stakeholders, including families and students. The authors analyse the multiple faces of CLIL as a global and ecological phenomenon and examine the potential of CLIL to guarantee effective language learning, along with preservation of adequate levels of content acquisition and satisfactory development of the mother tongue. The role of pre-service and in-service teacher training in unfolding CLIL is scrutinized, among other burning issues such as egalitarianism and sustainability of the approach.
Table of ContentsAn international review of multilingual education: CLIL across continents — The multiple faces of CLIL — Empirical studies on the effectiveness of CLIL for language learning — Content acquisition in CLIL settings: from pedagogical guidelines to empirical outcomes — Research-based findings on development of the mother tongue in CLIL programmes — Critical analysis of initial teacher education for CLIL — Inservice teacher training: contentious issues and pending tasks .
