European CLIL Resource Centre (ECLIL)

European Commission - On this site the European Union offers information on language learning and teaching and on EU measures to improve standards.

This Internet tool lists criteria for creating CLIL-specific learning materials, provides examples of how to apply each proposed criterion while also providing a corresponding rationale with references. This is an excerpt from an article that is under publication and that includes other criteria that can be applied to the development of CLIL and non-CLIL learning materials.

FACTWorld is a forum set up to support the teaching of subjects through the medium of a foreign language, bilingual education, immersion education, content and language integrated learning (CLIL. The site contains links to country reports, useful sites and contact details of key people in participating countries. The site is run entirely by volunteer teachers for other teachers.

CLIL stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning. It refers to teaching subjects such as science, history and geography to students through a foreign language. This can be by the English teacher using cross-curricular content or the subject teacher using English as the language of instruction.

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An Internet guide of interactive resources for CLIL teachers published by Carmen Mellado Álvarez

If you've not worked in CLIL before, this article will give you a point to start from, in terms of both learners and materials. TeachingEnglish is currently growing its CLIL resources, and you can find more articles and activities on this page: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/clil.

The CLIL Consortium is a network of experts who work individually, and jointly, on specific problem-solving and development tasks which concern 'medium of instruction'. The Consortium experts have differing types of experience from across the World. Further information on each expert can be found at Consortium Experts.

'Plants' is a CLIL unit aimed at the first and second grades of Primary Education. The goals I want my students to achieve are divided into two groups: Describe the main characteristics of a plant. Recognize and label the parts of a plant. Name some common plants and trees from our environment.