This module will raise your practical and theoretical awareness of CLIL educational contexts. You will explore key principles in CLIL and their application to teaching practice. You will have opportunities to investigate at least one specified CLIL context, to create CLIL teaching and learning materials and design a CLIL training course with accompanying materials.

This module carries 30 credits.

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" it is interesting, the activities in the units are relevant to the topic and you can do them at your own pace. I think it is really well done. "

Ximena

Is this course for you?

 
Location: Online
 
Experience: Degree. Language teaching experience
 
Language Level: B2/C1 or higher
 
Course dates: 
22 April - 25 June 2025
 
Certification:
Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MA awarded by University of Chichester
 
Course Length: 8 weeks (+ 1 week break)
 
Course fees: £1210
 
Minimum age: 18
 
Max class size: 18
 
Tutor-led and highly interactive
 
Live and asynchronous eLearning platforms
 
Specialist ELT eLibrary
 
Accredited by AQUEDUTO

Course content

 
Professional development and networking in CLIL
 
The range of educational contexts which make up the field of CLIL; how to define what constitutes a CLIL context
 
The theoretical domains of language education and learning which contribute to an understanding of CLIL
 
How to describe the language used in subject materials and in the classroom teaching of subjects
 
How to use techniques for investigating subject and classroom language
 
A range of approaches to, and methodologies for, teaching CLIL
 
The range of tasks used in integrating content and language and how to design such tasks
 
The factors determining the construction of assessment procedures in CLIL; how to design assessment procedures for a specific CLIL context
 
Objectives – at the level of a CLIL activity and at the level of CLIL-based educational policy

Assessment (written after completion of the course and supervised at distance by tutors):

A portfolio (50%) containing TWO of the following three options:

  1. An INSET course for a specified context.
  2. A set of materials designed for a specific CLIL context.
  3. A report on a small-scale investigation in a CLIL context.

Main assignment (3,000 words) (50%) in the form of an experience report with critical comment, OR a case study rooted in a CLIL context OR a report on research into an aspect of CLIL.

" It was useful, meaningful, enjoyable and inspiring. It was also very interactive amongst the participants and the tutor, we learnt so much from each other and shared so much of our own experience and ideas. "

Suzannah

" It covers all important aspects that teachers need to know, it´s practical and well-paced, it has very good guidance. "

Alejandra

Further Information

Online MA modules are highly interactive and learning takes place through varied and engaging multimedia content and the collaboration between participants from different contexts.

Courses are broken down into individual units and activities, forming a clear structure, and all participants work on the same unit in the same week. Within that time period there is a high level of flexibility to help you fit studying around your life and work. The interaction, via forums and other collaborative tools built into the platform, helps and encourages you to share ideas, ask questions, explore concepts and build up a community.

You need a computer, a headset (with microphone) and an internet connection. Much of the course can be done on a mobile device, but a computer is needed for certain activities and tasks.

Participants have access to NILE's extensive ELT e-library and an innovative social and cultural programme. All NILE Online courses include an element of professional language development, i.e. language related to course content and/or the classroom.

MA Module 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 ‘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.


Available dates:

Course dates Location Course length
22 April - 25 June 2025 Online 8 weeks

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