Teachers’ attitudes, perceptions and experiences in CLIL: A look at content and language

dc.contributor.authorMcDougald, Jermaine S.spa
dc.date2015-05-06
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T21:23:36Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T21:23:36Z
dc.descriptionThis paper is a preliminary report on the “CLIL State-of-the-Art” project in Colombia, drawing on data collected from 140 teachers’ regarding their attitudes toward, perceptions of and experiences with CLIL (content and language integrated learning). The term CLIL is used here to refer to teaching contexts in which a foreign language (in these cases, English) is the medium for the teaching and learning of non-language subjects. The data that has been gathered thus far reveals that while teachers presently know very little about CLIL, they are nevertheless actively seeking informal and formal instruction on CLIL. Many of the surveyed teachers are currently teaching content areas through English; approximately half of them reported having had positive experiences teaching content and language together, though the remainder claimed to lack sufficient knowledge in content areas. Almost all of the participants agreed that the CLIL approach can benefit students, helping them develop both language skills and subject knowledge (meaningful communication). However, there is still considerable uncertainty as to the actual state-of-the-art of CLIL in Colombia; greater clarity here will enable educators and decision-makers to make sound decisions for the future of general and language education. en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/7602
dc.identifier10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2015.1.a02
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11349/18135
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldasen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/7602/10394
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/7602/11175
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2015 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journalen-US
dc.sourceColombian appl. linguist. J.; Vol 17, No 1 (2015) January-June; 25-41es-ES
dc.sourceColombian Applied Linguistics Journal; Vol 17, No 1 (2015) January-June; 25-41en-US
dc.source2248-7085
dc.source0123-4641
dc.subjectCLILen-US
dc.subjectcontent & languageen-US
dc.subjectbilingual educationen-US
dc.subjectteacher beliefs.en-US
dc.titleTeachers’ attitudes, perceptions and experiences in CLIL: A look at content and languageen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeArtículo revisado por pareses-ES
dc.typePeer-reviewes Articleen-US
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