NILE | Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

In this course we will look at the fundamental characteristics of a CLIL-based approach and examine the major developments that have shaped the methodology over the past 25 years – from thinking skills to pluriliteracies, multi-lingual education and mediating content. As part of the course you will learn how to develop your students’ knowledge of a curriculum subject as well as their language skills and proficiency. The course is highly practical, using current CLIL theory to illustrate lesson and course design, effective classroom practice, materials design and CLIL-based assessment parameters. As a participant on the course you will have the opportunity to share your own experiences and concerns, with a view to developing and improving your own practice and implementing change within your own particular educational contexts.

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" The expert tutor fulfilled my expectations about CLIL – I learned a lot, improved my skills in English speaking and had a very interactive and instructive experience. "
Participant - 2022

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Location: Norwich

Experience:
Teachers of subjects across the curriculum teaching through the medium of English as well as language teachers

Language Level: Minimum level A2/B1

Course dates:
21 July - 1 August

Certification:
NILE Certificate
Option for Trinity CertPT

Course Length: 2 weeks

Course fees:
Registration fee: £150
Course fee: £1195
Trinity CertPT qualification (optional): £325

Accommodation (2 weeks):
Homestay (half-board): £560
Residential (half-board): £672
Residential (self-catering): £560
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Minimum age: 18

Max class size: 16

Free social and cultural programme

Cross-curricular and cultural workshops

Specialist ELT Library

Complementary eLearning platform

Course content

Identifying the key parameters of the CLIL approach

Developing a range of practical activities for CLIL lessons and programmes

Guiding learners’ understanding and encouraging learners’ spoken output in CLIL

Identifying the language of curricular subjects at word, sentence & text levels

Considering test instruments and formative assessment principles and practice in CLIL

Exploring materials and methods appropriate to CLIL

Designing and developing CLIL materials in line with CLIL materials design principles

Creating a language-rich classroom environment

Sharing and analysing resources for CLIL content areas

Analysing the content-language relationship

Promoting and supporting thinking skills in CLIL

Micro-teaching and small project-based presentations

This course explores the history of teaching content in English and English through content, and identifies the principles underlying effective practice.

You will look at the necessary skills required for CLIL teachers, explore materials and methodologies appropriate to CLIL and raise your language awareness and linguistic competences. Key issues in course design will be examined, as well as testing and assessment procedures in CLIL contexts.

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"I’m taking away many practical ideas on how to teach CLIL in an effective, efficient and fun way."
Participant - 2022

" My expectations were exceeded. Trainers were very helpful and it was clearly noticeable how our trainers tried to adapt their content to our needs. "
Participant - 2022

Timetable

This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, delivered between 09:00 and 15:30, Monday - Friday. You will also take part in cross-curricular workshops on a variety of topics, and each course includes a free evening and weekend programme of social and cultural activities and trips.

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Further Information

Specific course content comes from feedback you and other participants give us through pre-course questionnaires, identifying your needs and priorities.

Time will be built into the course for reflection and for you to consider how to adapt ideas from the course to your classroom in your own professional contexts.

NILE offers various accommodation options, including homestay with carefully selected hosts and residential accommodation at the University of East Anglia. NILE’s dedicated student welfare team can be reached 24 hours a day.

All NILE courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.

Course Leader: Phil Ball

Phil Ball Phil is based in San Sebastián in Spain. He is a CLIL materials writer and teacher-trainer and has been closely involved with the award-winning Basque project, ‘Eleanitz’. He has been involved in several European-based CLIL projects, and has written a wide variety of CLIL-based textbooks for the Basque and Spanish social science and English language programmes. He co-designed the new ‘CLIL Essentials’ online course for the British Council, is the co-author of ‘Putting CLIL into Practice’ (OUP 2015) and his CLIL textbook series for the Basque curriculum was nominated for the ELTons Innovation Award in 2016.