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Clil voices

As part of our special debate Clil: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching, education professionals from around the world tell us how they are combining language and content in their classrooms

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Want to understand Clil? Start in class
Introduction: The best way to learn about how to combine content and language is from the teachers who are doing it. Our Clil voices project delivers some shared surprises
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English language teachers' new role
The debate: As more schools and colleges combine content and language teaching, two Clil experts argue that ELT professionals should now get involved and share their expertise
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Extra language risks losing children
The debate: Second langauge medium instruction should be introduced only at secondary level and should use teachers trained in both language and content
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Spain's lessons in multilingual teaching
The debate: Spain's experience with Clil can serve as a realistic model for other countries wanting to reduce barriers to language learning
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China: teaching through stories
Clil voice: Wu Haiqing is starting to expose his students to English in their maths lessons, and he's discovered that storytelling helps
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Netherlands: creating richer art
Clil voice: Peter Sansom finds that bringing English into his art classes has helped to develop richer content for his students
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Italy: finding a common interest
Clil voice: Christina Oddone teaches a diverse group of young adults at a vocational secondary school. Teaching science subjects in English has given them a new interest in the language
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UK: from a sceptical start
Clil voice: Laura Craigen needed to be persuaded to try teaching science in French, but her students' enthusiasm and confidence took her by surprise
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Spain: discovering useful language
Clil voice: Eufemia Rosso Delgado and Guadalupe Galán Révora's science lessons mix English and Spanish, but at the end of lessons children do online study with their own 'virtual books' in English
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South Korea: emotional development
Clil voice: Starting to teach a science class in English was an opportunity for Choi Wonil to boost her students' skills and her own
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