Cafe CLIL - Maths CLIL - Steer Clear or Dive In

Maths CLIL - Steer Clear or Dive In?



Café CLIL 21 where Phil and I talk about teaching Maths through CLIL. It divides opinion with some suggesting that Maths should only be done in a native language because it is so abstract, while others argue that the precision of Maths language means it is the ideal conduit for language development.
What do you think?
We get a number of insightful perspectives from dear Maths-CLIL colleague Patrick De Boer zooming in from Holland to join us.
So, put the kettle on, we may be in for a ride on this one!
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Links
Patrick’s site - ⁠https://www.clilmedia.com/
⁠ISB publication - ⁠https://www.factworld.info/en/Bulgaria-FACT-Journals-Issue-35⁠
Lithuania book on CLIL ⁠https://www.factworld.info/en/Lithuania-Lithuanian-CLIL-book⁠
The UK-US 16 foundational skills work of Charlesworth andLind. ⁠https://fliphtml5.com/qlxvd/ckub/Math_and_Science_for_Young_Children_%28Rosalind_Charlesworth%29/167/#google_vignette⁠
Books
Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum – Teaching Mathematics to English Language Learners, Gladis Kersaint, Denisse R. Thompson, Mariana Petkova (Routledge) 2009
Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms – Global Perspectives, Richard Barwell (Multilingual Mattters) 2009
Language for Learning Mathematics – Assessment for Learning in Practice, Clare Lee (Open University Press) 2006 
Visual Thinking - The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think inPictures, Patterns, and Abstractions, Temple Grandin, Ph.D., (Penguin) 2023