PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
INTERNAZIONALIZZAZIONE DELLA DIDATTICA
CLIL in Higher Education
November 10th, 2010
flora sisti giovanna carloni
1/36
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Facoltà
Facoltà di Economia
Corsi interamente in
lingua inglese
Corsi misti
Corsi appoggiati
3
3
10
28
28
Facoltà di Farmacia
Facoltà di Giurisprudenza
69
Facoltà di Lettere e
Filosofia
5
2
2
Facoltà di Lingue e
Letterature Straniere
23
18
Facoltà di Scienze della
Formazione
3
8
Facoltà di Scienze e
Tecnologie
22
Facoltà di Scienze Motorie
16
Facoltà di Sociologia
TOTALE
25
51
flora sisti giovanna carloni
60
154
2/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Aspetti scientifico-metodologici
dell’apprendimento in ambiente
CLIL
• Definizione del termine
• Quadro storico
• Implicazioni metodologiche
flora sisti giovanna carloni
3/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
CLIL Methodology
(Content and Language Integrated Learning)
Umbrella term which includes a wide range of initiatives
of teaching content subjects through a foreign language
either individually or as part of a full bilingual section
flora sisti giovanna carloni
4/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
European dimension
Pressure for promoting multilingualism
Italian dimension
Progetto lingue 2000
Riforma Moratti
Riforma Gelmini
flora sisti giovanna carloni
5/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
CLIL in University Instruction
• CLIL Conference – Tallin, Oct. 2008
• CLIL Conference – Urbino, Feb. 2009
• CLIL Conference – Eichstätt, Oct. 2010
flora sisti giovanna carloni
13/36
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Campus Steyr: Why CLIL?
Incoming and Outgoing Students
Number of Incoming Students
Number of Outgoing Students
180
START content taught in
English
160
156
137
140
121
112
120
94
95
03/04
04/05
100
80
70
125
111
103
86
95
68
60
40
20
25
8
15
11
13
01/02
02/03
0
00/01
flora sisti giovanna carloni
05/06
06/07
07/08
08/09
14/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
CLIL: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
• Use of target L. as a MEDIUM of instruction
• Core objectives:
– Advanced levels of functional proficiency
in written and oral aspects of TL
– Full levels of competence in MT
– Full levels of achievement in all aspects of
the standard curriculum
flora sisti giovanna carloni
15/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
• Use of TL as a medium for regular academic
instruction
• Language acquisition is more successful when
the L. is used for meaningful communication
(= first language acquisition)
• Academic subjects provide the meaningful
context
• The TL is also taught via direct instruction
• Students are encouraged to use the TL
flora sisti giovanna carloni
16/36
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Some crucial questions
1. CAN STS. LEARN SEVERAL Ls.
VIA
INSTRUCTION?
2. CAN CLIL PROGRAMMES FIT IN WITH
THE PRESENT EDUCATION SYSTEMS?
3. DO
THE
PROGRAMME
OUTCOMES
JUSTIFY THE EFFORT?
flora sisti giovanna carloni
17/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Adapting materials
• Contextual support: diagrams, visual aids,
mind maps, organizers, formulas …
• Content = learners’ prior knowledge + new
information
• Language = pre-, while-, post-reading
activities (about key vocabulary items, key
ideas, text structure)
flora sisti giovanna carloni
18/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Comprehensible input
to promote comprehension and acquisition
i + 1 = input + one stage beyond
Interaction: negotiation of meaning
Modification of input
Intake
Output
Improved negotiation strategies
flora sisti giovanna carloni
19/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Code-switching
From the target language: ENGLISH
to the mother tongue: ITALIAN

limited to informal writing
 to highlight difficulties
 in a systematic way
flora sisti giovanna carloni
20/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Language awareness in CLIL
“Meaning comes before form”
Inductive approach
Vocabulary building
flora sisti giovanna carloni
21/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Vocabulary building
1. Inferring the meaning of words
2. Working with dictionaries
3. Working with mental vocabularies
4. Integrating vocabulary
flora sisti giovanna carloni
22/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Recommendations for instructors
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“A DISCUSSION BRIEF OF CONTENT AND
LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL) AT THE
FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES”
flora sisti giovanna carloni
23/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
1. Adaptation period
– Rate of speech
– Introduction of new vocabulary
– Overview at the beginning of each lesson
2. Materials and visual aids
– Key words
– Reference books in L2
– Glossaries
flora sisti giovanna carloni
24/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
3. Speed of speech... Pronunciation not
an issue
4. L2 use in lectures, practicals and
laboratory work - Paraphrasing and
reformulating
5. Interactive approach, even in lectures
flora sisti giovanna carloni
25/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
6. Group work
7. Assessment: L1 or L2?
8. Student feedback
9. Collaboration between language
teachers and content teachers
flora sisti giovanna carloni
26/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
CENTRO DI CONSULENZA
DIDATTICA CLIL
Servizio di consulenza:
• metodologica
• linguistica
flora sisti giovanna carloni
27/36
PROGETTO: DIDATTICA IN LINGUA STRANIERA
Workshop for teachers
urbino 10 Novembre 2010
Recommendations for students
1. Adaptation period
2. Code-switching
3. Note-taking in L2
4. Use of L2 in class and labs
5. Language resources
6. Exam preparation and presentation in L2
flora sisti giovanna carloni
28/36