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CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning
30 teachers upskilled
72 resources
Action 1.E.3
Over 600 students are engaging
Overview:
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a dual-focused educational approach in which an
additional language is used for the teaching and learning of both subject content and language.
PPLI’s CLIL pilot project aims to continue the development, and awareness raising, of CLIL provision and
practice in MFL classrooms in Ireland.
CPD is designed and delivered for in-service teachers and provides a ready-made CLIL module on Fair Trade,
with cross-curricular links to Geography and Maths, in French, Spanish, German, and Italian. The CLIL resources
developed include Teacher Support Documents, Student Worksheets, and PowerPoint presentations which
can be delivered by MFL teachers with little specialist content knowledge as a result of the step-by-step
supports.
Main Aims:
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Explore the potential of CLIL, with a view to extending its use in post-primary schools
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Introduce CLIL to in-service teachers and provide them with CLIL resources alongside CPD on CLIL theory
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Upskill teachers on CLIL resource development
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Create micro-networks of CLIL practitioners in Ireland who can connect and share CLIL resources
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The project seeks to create a sustainable model of CPD which can be developed and expanded through
engagement and collaboration with CLIL experts.
Activity:
In-service MFL teachers were recruited to participate in the second tranche of Cycle 1 of the CLIL CPD. Due to
over-subscription, a selection criterion was used to select 18 participants to take part in both online and faceto-face sessions. During the face-to-face session teachers took part in focus groups to facilitate research with
Dr. Céline Healy (Maynooth University), engaged in CLIL theory, and were trained on implementing PPLI CLIL
resources in the classroom. All teachers were provided with materials in their target language subject and
were given further materials (a class set of maps, posters etc.) to further enhance the cross-curricular links
with the CLIL content.
Participants from the previous CLIL CPD tranche were invited to continue with the project in Cycle 2 which
focused on CLIL lesson planning and resource building. Engaging with PPLI and Kevin Schuck (coordinator of
the ECML CLIL and Beyond Pluriliteracies training and consultancy team), participants co-constructed
templates to enhance their current practice to design CLIL based lessons. Participants worked individually
and in groups to create their own resources.
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