CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning

CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning

in cooperation with CORAL APS 

Methodology: 

CLIL is an innovative approach to language teaching, where students are exposed to a foreign language while learning the content of subjects such as geography, fine arts, science etc. The course aims to introduce participants to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) principles and techniques and concentrates on the practical aspects of teaching CLIL at different levels. During the course, participants will learn about 5Cs principles of CLIL, terminology, integration of four language skills, scaffolding strategies, where to find and how to develop their own materials, assessments and much more. It is designed with formal and informal discussions, hand-on activities, practical tips on how to implement CLIL in your school, and you will experience CLIL activities from the perspective of the students.

This CLIL course will give you a solid grounding in CLIL if you are a newly qualified teacher entering this branch of ELT and it will help you develop existing skills if you already work in this sector. You will look at how to incorporate EFL (English as a Foreign Language) techniques into subject teaching to aid learner understanding of instructions, materials and explanations. You will also look at material creation, how to develop learner autonomy, theories of second language acquisition and how they link to CLIL. This course will equip you to operate more effectively in this context and also encourage you to use CLIL in both primary and secondary teaching.

The course is suitable for all educators that would like to refresh their English language skills and gain practical knowledge and learn how to implement CLIL methodology in their lessons.

Objectives: 

1. Learn the key principles and techniques of CLIL.

2. Help participants acknowledge all the different ways in which CLIL can be implemented in everyday learning.

3. Furnish easy and accessible tools to apply CLIL to revolutionize your current teaching strategy.

4. Develop practical classroom skills to teach CLIL, show effective techniques when teaching learners.

5. Generate ready‐to‐use materials and ideas, discover the process of CLIL implementation into schools.

6. Apply CLIL method, encourage student’s critical and creative thinking, employ authentic communication and solving real-world tasks; foster innovative, student-centred pedagogies.

7. Enrich communication skills, improve foreign language competencies, broaden professional vocabulary, promote EU’s broad linguistic diversity.

8. Revise and develop personal and professional competences, build confidence in using CLIL methods in classrooms and teaching through a foreign language.

9. Feel confident to use CLIL methods in classrooms and teaching through a foreign language

10. Meet colleagues of different nationalities within the EU, engage in cross-cultural learning experience, exchange ideas and build a network for future international cooperation. 

Our CLIL Education Philosophy:

• We create an interesting, interactive and inspiring learning experience

• We integrate many different teaching ideas and sources that anyone can use in their classroom

• We create a learning “by doing” environment where we cultivate the value in communication, cooperation and creativity

• We believe that both children and adults learn language through immersion in the classroom

• We aim to provide a space where teachers can share and learn from like-minded teachers from around Europe 

• CLIL is a fundamental part of our philosophy

COURSE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Place: CORAL ENGLISH SCHOOL Via Enrico Costa, 133 Alghero (Italy)

• Duration: Monday - Friday from 9.00 am to 1 pm every day (afternoon free for cultural activities) 

• Destination: Teachers/Staff

• Participants’ number: minimum 5/maximum 15

• Necessary knowledge: none

• Working Language: English

• Our team: 3 teachers/ native English speakers

Daily programme structure:

DAILY PROGRAMME

MONDAY

Topic: Introduction & Overview

• Welcome and introductions

• Individual expectations, setting objectives for the week

• Introduction to CLIL overview (BICS and CALP)

• Benefits of CLIL, features, active methods and cooperative classroom management styles

• CLIL and SLA, emphasis on linguistic communication, visual, communication, kinaesthetic communication & what that means for teachers and learners

• Dictogloss practice, and group discussion of CLIL subjects and activities

TUESDAY

Topic: Learning & Language

• The 5C’s,

• HOTS and LOTS

• Bloom’s Taxonomy, Anderson & Krathwohl

• Learner Language and group presentations

• Teacher and student language confidence and students’ learner autonomy in a CLIL class

WEDNESDAY

Topic: Competences, Culture, Communication

• Competences (Can do’s) and Communication

• Bringing culture/community into the classroom

• Lesson planning & CLIL- having the cogs of the 5 c’s all moving at the same time

THURSDAY

Topic: Putting it into practice

• Roles and Processes, Scaffolding and ZPD

• Scaffolding, support and internalisation

• Learner Autonomy and Assessment

• Sample Grids for assessment, and English for classroom management

• Materials and resources, including ICT

FRIDAY

Topic: Putting it all to use

• Content and Language activities, lesson planning

• Create a lesson plan and evaluation grid

• How to start CLIL in my school

• Conclusions and Evaluations

• Feedback & certificates

• Cultural excursion in the local area

BEFORE THE COURSE:

You will be required to fill out a Questionnaire.

AFTER THE COURSE:

Course evaluation form Certificates

PRICE LIST 

CORE €500,00/person

-Administration costs- Tuition fee and training material- Documentation- Certificate of Competence- Welcome dinner- Coffee Breaks- Activities inside & outside the classroom

- Cultural visit

PLUS €1.000,00/person

- Administration costs- Tuition fee and training material- Accommodation in double room (with breakfast included) in hotel- Documentation- Certificate of Competence- Welcome dinner- Coffee Breaks- Activities inside & outside the classroom- Cultural visit 

PRO €1.100,00/person 

- Administration costs- Tuition fee and training material- Accommodation in single room (with breakfast included) in hotel- Documentation- Certificate of Competence- Welcome dinner- Coffee Breaks- Activities inside & outside the classroom- Cultural visit

DATES

• January 19, 2026 —  January 23, 2026

• September 7, 2026 —  September 11, 2026