The 2009 CLIL Debate
Join in the 2009 CLIL debate: CLIL: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching?
Macmillan Education in association with Guardian Weekly, Onestopclil and Onestopenglish were delighted to host the 2009 CLIL Debate at the International IATEFL conference on April 2nd. The debate was a great success and continues online here on Onestopclil so it's not too late to have your say.
The Debate: CLIL: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching?
Four years after the 'Learning English or Learning in English' IATEFL landmark CLIL debate, we reconvene in 2009 to ask if experience shows that CLIL is a catalyst for success or a threat which undermines English language teaching. Does it supercharge or short-circuit the TEFL engine?
Four years after the 'Learning English or Learning in English' IATEFL landmark CLIL debate, we reconvene in 2009 to ask if experience shows that CLIL is a catalyst for success or a threat which undermines English language teaching. Does it supercharge or short-circuit the TEFL engine?
The Debate at IATEFL
- Meet the prestigious panel.
- "CLIL is the way forwards in English language teaching" - see how the audience responded to this and other propositions put forward by the panel.
- Watch film footage, transcripts and statements from the panel.
- Read about the debate and other highlights in the onestopenglish IATEFL report.
- Watch vox pop interviews with CLIL teachers and professionals recorded after the debate.
The CLIL Debate survey
- See how onestopclil and onestopenglish users responded to the questions put forward by the panel.
- Find out what your colleagues views are on CLIL and professional development, whether CLIL will erode the quality of language teaching and whether or not it is just a passing fad.
CLIL Debate articles
- A range of thought-provoking and informative articles consider the debate question from different perspectives. David Marsh's and Peeter Mehisto's examine the English language teacher's new role in the Guardian Weekly.
- Read responses to the debate question from a Biology teacher's perspective and from an EFL teacher's perspective
The CLIL teacher's perspective
- The Guardian weekly has published a series on CLIL Voices, read about your colleagues experience of teaching through CLIL around the world.
- Teacher's experiences can also be read in The CLIL Teacher Magazine. Why not submit your own?
Then and Now
- David Marsh looks at why this debate is necessary now and what has happened since the 2005 CLIL debate.
- Find out what was said at the 2005 debate: Learning English or learning in English: will we have a choice? A debate about global education and the role of English as the language of instruction.
- The Guardian Weekly archive includes articles by the three debate presenters and you can hear audio highlights from their presentations.
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