CLIL INSETT

Café CLIL 18 – CLIL INSETT (29.04.26)



As Phil is away in the UK doing CLIL teacher professional development at the moment, and I’m preparing for a trip to Italy to offer similar, we thought we would take a look into CLIL INSETT for this Café CLIL.
So, we will touch on preprimary, primary, secondary and Vocational Education CLIL professional development, with all the shapes, scopes, and sizes we have in both our experiences. It does stop me in my tracks sometimes when I look back over the years at all the things we’ve done. It’s a pleasure to say that I’ve shared many CLIL INSETT moments with Phil himself, and have learned a lot from him in my own practice.
Pull up a chair, get your favourite brew!
My takeaway from this is from Phil talking about making language visible: ‘If they are more aware of it, it makes the students more aware of it’. Simple but genius in truth.

AI summary

Keith and Phil conducted a podcast recording discussing teacher training in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). They explored various aspects of training delivery, including working with diverse cohorts of teachers, the challenges of catering to subject specialists versus language teachers, and the importance of developing "amphibian" teachers who can better integrate language and content. Phil shared his current training approach with Swiss vocational education teachers, emphasizing the use of frameworks like the three-dimensional model and the "FROG" concept to help subject teachers become more aware of language impacts in their teaching. Keith discussed his experience with online and face-to-face training for preschool and primary teachers, including the importance of cascading and disseminating training materials. They concluded by discussing the value of practical activities and materials development in training, while emphasizing the need for frameworks that teachers can apply in their classrooms.
 
 
Link to CLIL online course description - https://www.factworld.info/en/Bulgaria-Putting-CLIL-into-Practice-Online
Bespoke courses:
UNSDGs - https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/learn/courses/sustainability-through-clil
ICC - https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/learn/courses/intercultural-communicative-competence-young-learners-through-clil
Café CLIL with Andreas Baernthaler on Teacher Language - https://www.factworld.info/en/Cafe-CLIL-Teacher-Language-and-CLIL
Austrian CLIL (there are many reports on Austrian CLIL in FACTWorld) - https://www.factworld.info/en/Austria-Jubilee-CLIL-Teacher-Training
EPPE study UK
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a803cb240f0b62305b89fbf/RB455_Effective_pre-school_primary_and_secondary_education_project.pdf.pdf
FACT 44 –
https://www.factworld.info/en/FACT-Journals-Issue-44