CLIL training guide creating a CLIL learning community in higher education

The ReCLes.pt CLIL Training Guide presents the theoretical and practical basis for the creation of a CLIL Learning Community of foreign language teachers and subject teachers with the topics organized across four chapters. In Chapter 1, the objectives and structuring of the ten hours of sessions and the learning outcomes are presented with an introduction to CLIL design in higher education (HE), forms of interdisciplinary cooperation/collaboration, and a number of models for classroom management. Chapter 2 provides enriching material to help teachers bett er understand the principles of a CLIL Learning Community and CLIL itself, including interactive and student-centered methodologies, a focus on oral interaction and critical dialogue, suggested activities, and the key points for organizing a successful CLIL module. In Chapter 3, on CLIL materials and resources, sections cover the defi nition and examples of scaff olding and activating prior knowledge as well as the selection and adaptation of scaff olding materials, including the use of electronic media and a terminology-based approach. The proposed terminology-based approach focuses on the collection, description, processing, and systematic representation of concepts and their designations. As such, the use of terminology can become a key construct in CLIL teaching, involving the search, production, use, and dissemination of information. International organizations, networks, and multinational professional communities are involved in these steps within the global communication process, providing real motivation for students participating in the CLIL learning process. The final chapter covers the essential research design which has made the ReCLes. pt CLIL project possible. It is included in the hopes of providing a road map for other education organizations or institutions interested in implementing a similar project on their own. Although the pilot experience that resulted in this ReCLes.pt CLIL Training Guide was exclusively in English, most of the recommendations here addressed also apply to other languages.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/11963

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Morgado, Margarida; Coelho, Margarida; Arau Ribeiro, Maria del Carmen; Albuquerque, Alexandra; Silva, Manuel Moreira da; Chorão, Graça; Cunha, Suzana; Gonçalves, Ana; Carvalho, Ana Isabel; Régio, Mónica; Faria, Sónia; Chumbo, Isabel (2015). CLIL training guide creating a CLIL learning community in higher education. Santo Tirso: De Facto Editores. ISBN 978-989-8557-50-6