AICLE or CLIL

Why was CLIL introduced in our schools? What are the origins of CLIL? How is it developed in other countries around the world or in Europe? Is it a new trend only in our country? Are there different ways to implement CLIL?

• CLIL is a set of methodological strategies, the purpose of which is to teach content through a foreign language. This is achieved with the learners having to build their knowledge from their own and others' experience.
• CLIL is an approach to teach content in L2, which must be taken as an opportunity to develop students' H.O.T. and their awareness of multicultural and environmental aspects related to the content.
• CLIL is an approach to the teaching and learning of content of a non-linguistic subject through a target language. Specific linguistic support for promoting communication and development of high order thinking skills is needed. It should be embedded in a multicultural context which raises awareness of self and others.

Do Coyle, Philip Hood, David Marsh, 2010

Content and language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a dual-focused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language. That is, in the teaching and learning process, there is a focus not only on content, and not only on language. Each is interwoven, even if the emphasis is greater on one or the other at a given time. CLIL is not a new form of language education. It is not a new form of subject education. It is an innovative fusion of both.