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CLIL
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CLIL | Content and Language Integrated Learning |
| Content | The first of Coyle’s four Cs in the 4C Framework of CLIL. Content refers to the subject-specific content of curricular subjects taught through the target language include. |
| Cognition | The third of Coyle’s four Cs in the 4C Framework of CLIL. Cognition involves cognitive processes or thinking skills such as remembering, understanding and applying, analysing, evaluating and creative thinking. |
| Communication | The second of Coyle’s four Cs in the 4C Framework of CLIL. 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CBLT | Competency-Based Language Teaching |
| Immersion | Programmes where most or all of the subject content is taught through a second language |
| BICS | Those skills needed for everyday conversational talk. |
| CALP | This is the language competence required for studying curricular subjects in a non-native language. |
| LOTS | Skills such as remembering, understanding and applying new subject knowledge. |
| HOTS | Skills such as analysing, evaluating and creative thinking. |
| 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 or more is taught in a non-native language. |
| Input | The exposure to authentic, meaningful, and target-language content that students receive and process to learn both the subject matter and the language |
| Output | Production of subject content through spoken, written, practical or creative work. |