The CLIL Debate
Join in the CLIL debate: CLIL: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching?
Macmillan Education in association with Guardian Weekly, Onestopclil and Onestopenglish were delighted to host the 2009 CLIL Debate at the International IATEFL conference on April 2nd. The debate was a great success and continues online here on Onestopclil so it's not too late to have your say.
Four years after the 'Learning English or Learning in English' IATEFL landmark CLIL debate, we reconvene in 2009 to ask if experience shows that CLIL is a catalyst for success or a threat which undermines English language teaching. Does it supercharge or short-circuit the TEFL engine?
The Debate at IATEFL
- Meet the prestigious panel.
- "CLIL is the way forward in English language teaching" - see how the audience responded to this and other propositions put forward by the panel.
- Watch film footage, transcripts and statements from the panel.
- Read the complete transcript of the debate.
- Watch vox pop interviews with CLIL teachers and professionals recorded after the debate.
The CLIL Debate survey
- See how onestopclil and onestopenglish users responded to the questions put forward by the panel.
- Find out what your colleagues views are on CLIL and professional development, whether CLIL will erode the quality of language teaching and whether or not it is just a passing fad.
CLIL Debate articles
- Read responses to the debate question from a Biology teacher's perspective and from an EFL teacher's perspective.
The CLIL teacher's perspective
- Teacher's experiences can be read in The CLIL Teacher Magazine. Why not submit your own?
Then and Now
- David Marsh looks at why this debate is necessary now and what has happened since the 2005 CLIL debate.
- Find out what was said at the 2005 debate: Learning English or learning in English: will we have a choice? A debate about global education and the role of English as the language of instruction.
- The Guardian Weekly archive includes articles by the three debate presenters and you can hear audio highlights from their presentations.
Have your say! Share your thoughts and experiences in the onestopenglish Forum.
Inside the CLIL Debate
The 2009 CLIL Debate Panel
CLIL specialists from all over the world join the 2009 CLIL Debate. Meet them here.
Why this debate and why now?
With input from CLIL colleagues around the world, David Marsh, Chair of the 2009 CLIL Debate: CLIL: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching answers our questions: Why are we having this debate now? What has happened since the last debate in 2005? What can we expect from the 2009 debate?
CLIL: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching? An opinion from a CLIL Biology Teacher
Lyubov Dombeva - a CLIL biology teacher in Bulgaria - gives her reaction to criticisms that CLIL compromises, rather than complements, English Language Teaching.
Can you describe ways in which CLIL could further improve your professional work in ELT?
A selection of quotes from the CLIL debate survey.
Is there a risk that CLIL will erode the quality of English language education?
A selection of quotes from the CLIL debate survey.
Is CLIL a passing fad which will probably have disappeared within 10 years?
A selection of quotes from the CLIL debate survey.
The CLIL Debate Survey Results
The results of the CLIL Debate survey carried out in March on onestopenglish and onestopclil offer interesting insights into what CLIL and EFL teachers around the world think about whether CLIL complements or compromises English Language Teaching.
The CLIL Debate: How the audience at IATEFL voted
Thank you to everyone who came and took part in the CLIL Debate at IATEFL in Cardiff. Here are the results of the vote!
What about the students?
Are we more concerned about ensuring teachers are equipped to manage in the "CLIL classroom" than thinking about our students? Mina Patel asks us to stop and think about how the students are supported when CLIL is implemented.
CLIL is the way forward for English Language teaching.
In support of the debate claim "CLIL is the way forward for English language teaching" Hugo Baetens-Beardsmore looks at how the language teacher's and subject specialist's roles complement each other and how this collaborative approach adds value to the content, language and cognitive operations.
Video reactions to the CLIL Debate held in Cardiff at the IATEFL 2009 conference
Watch interviews with CLIL teachers recorded after the CLIL debate at IATEFL
Watch video of the CLIL panel at the IATEFL CLIL debate in Cardiff - April 2009
Peeter Mehisto, David Graddol, Mina Patel, Hugo Beatens-Beardsmore and Sue Hughes give their individual perspectives on CLIL at the live IATEFL debate.
Transcript of the CLIL Debate, IATEFL 09, Cardiff
What was said at the CLIL debate in Cardiff? Here you can read the complete transcript.
How could CLIL impact on your professional life?
A selection of text messages sent to the panel by the audience during the interactive 2009 CLIL Debate.