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Content and Language Integrated Learning - Coggle Diagram
Content and Language Integrated Learning
ADVANTAGES
It develops positive “can do” attitude toward learning languages.
It develops student multilingual interest and attitudes.
It introduces students to the wider cultural context.
It prepares students for further studies and work.
It takes into account the learners interests, needs, and cognitive levels.
DISADVANTAGES
Subject teacher with minimal knowledge of foreign languages.
It could be very difficult for students to catch up with a subject in a language they do not have the level to understand.
Language teachers that lack knowledge on the subjects.
PRINCIPLES
Content is related to cognition.
The language learned needs to be related to the learning context.
Content matter is not only about acquiring knowledge and skills, it is about the learner creating their own knowledge.
Interaction in the language context is fundamental to learning.
Features
It helps students to achieve individual, educational, social and intercultural goals for language learning.
It involves a content teacher teaching content through a second or foreign language and It also involve contents from subjects being used in language classes.
STUDENT ROLE
Students need to have an active participation in order to get autonomy.
Students need to know the vocabulary grammatical structures and functional language for specific subjects.
Students learn about the language features associated with different genres.
Students produce, listen to and read a wide range of language.
TEACHER ROLE
Teachers should ensure that students have understood the material presented.
Teachers should guide the learning of content and the learning of second language.
Teachers should have in-depth knowledge of their own subject.
Teachers should be able to pass on academic content in a second language.
