Implementing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Estonia: Subject and language teacher perspective
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The article discusses a study exploring teacher concerns related to implementing the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach to subject teaching, using English as the medium of instruction. Responses to a questionnaire study conducted among English and geography teachers reveal a reluctance to apply the approach in their own classrooms. The reason is the widespread belief that the approach benefits the development of language skills rather than subject knowledge advancement, marginalising the latter and thus undermining the overall achievement of curricular goals. Coupled with the English teachers’ admitted lack of subject-specific content knowledge, the subject teachers’ generally low estimate of their English language proficiency renders the prospect of incorporating the approach in the mainstream classrooms quite challenging. The latter is enhanced by the perceived lack of appropriate teaching materials, the temporal concerns related to developing a new course with accompanying materials and insufficient command of the respective methodology.
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Lõimitud aine- ja keeleõppe (LAK) rakendamise võimalikkusest aine- ja keeleõpetaja vaatenurgast
Artikkel kajastab keeleõpetajate ja aineõpetajate murekohti kaardistanud uurimust, mis vaatles lõimitud aine- ja keeleõppe (LAK) kui metoodika võimalikku kasutamist ainetunnis, kus õppekeeleks on inglise keel. Ankeetuuringus osalenud inglise keele ja geograafia õpetajad suhtusid võimalikku LAK-õppe rakendamisse oma praktikas kahtlevalt. Põhjuseks on laialt levinud arvamus, et LAK-metoodika teenib pigem keeleõppe kui aineteadmiste edendamist viimast marginaliseerides ning seega õppekava eesmärkide saavutamist takistades. Kui lisada inglise keele õpetajate nimetatud piiratud ainetundmine ja aineõpetajate hindamine oma inglise keele oskus madalaks, vastavate õppematerjalide vähesus ning vähene ajaressurss, mis oleks vajalik uue kursuse ja selleks vajalike materjalide väljatöötamiseks, siis tundub LAK-õppe rakendamine paljudele märkimisväärse katsumusena.
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