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key Concepts CLIL
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CLIL | Approach in which a foreign language is used as a tool in the learning of a non-language subject in which both language and the subject have a joint role |
| Content | Refers to the subject-specific content of curricular subjects taught through the target language include. Subjects include art, citizenship, classics, design technology... |
| Cognition | Involves cognitive processes or thinking skills such as - remembering, understanding and applying, analysing, evaluating and creative thinking. |
| Communication | Learners are encouraged to produce subject-specific language orally as well as in writing, and to participate in meaningful interaction. |
| Genres | Text types which learners read and write in different curricular subjects and which have specific purposes, structures and language features. Each genre has characteristics which make it different from other genres. |
| Genre-based teaching | A process approach to reading and writing which helps learners develop an awareness of how vocabulary and grammatical forms are used in different text types. Learners are helped to identify the kinds of texts they need to read and write. |
| Culture | The fourth of Coyle’s four Cs in the 4C Framework of CLIL. Sometimes culture in CLIL is taught as part of the subject of citizenship. |
| BICS | Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills.Those skills needed for everyday conversational talk. |
| CALP | Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency. This is the language competence required for studying curricular subjects in a non-native language. It refers to the language of academic learning. |
| Soft CLIL | Teaching topics from the curriculum as part of a language course. |
| Hard CLIL | A type of partial immersion when almost half of the curriculum o more is taught in a non-native language. |
| Output | Production of subject content through spoken, written, practical or creative work. |
| Visual or graphic organisers | Aids such as diagrams and charts which are used to help learners remember and understand new information by making it visual. |
| HOTS | Higher- order thinking skill development involves exploring, discussing, and meaningfully constructing concepts and relationships. |
| LOTS | Lower-order thinking skills are basic cognitive skills such as remembering, identifying, and understanding information. |
| CBLT | Content based language teaching is a language teaching approach in which the target language is used as the medium to teach subject content. |
| Immersion | Programmes where most or all of the subject content is taught through a second language |
| Input | The language and content learners are exposed to before producing output, usually through reading and listening. |