Plurilingual Education & CLIL: Selected WebSites



I've made a selection of websites to use in order to work on plurilingualism and CLIL. I will classify this sites into different groups. I hope you find them interesting and useful.

Bilingual Education - General Sites

Goethe Institut - CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning

Interest in alternative methods of language instruction and thus of understanding foreign cultures has been very great at all times in history.
The Oklahoma Professional Development Program
- The University of Oklahoma

It is a project to provide professional development to teams of school administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals on best practices for teaching English language learners (ELL)

CALLA - The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach - The George Washington University

The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA) is an instructional model for second and foreign language learners based on cognitive theory and research. CALLA integrates instruction in priority topics from the content curriculum, development of the language skills needed for learning in school, and explicit instruction in using learning strategies for academic tasks.

Intensive Programme TIFOLA: Teaching in Foreign Language

The TiFoLa intensive programme intends to promote the idea of teaching non-national languages not only in language classes, but also in all other subjects as well, in order to offer students to encounter the language(s) in a new, meaningful environment. In general, initial-teacher training should offer more workshops, lessons and lectures in foreign languages to encourage future teachers to adopt this model of teaching in their later careers.

MoBiDic Project- Comenius Project

The purpose and aim of the MOBIDIC project is to work on this relatively new area. Its objective is to contribute to the development of didactics and methods for bilingual teaching and learning.

CLIL Consortium

The CLIL Consortium is a network of 10 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. 

Two-way immersion

Two-way immersion is a distinctive form of dual language education in which native English speakers and native speakers of another language are integrated for academic content instruction through both English and the partner language.

Website del Proyecto Bilingüe

Un foro en "intranet" para que los profesores del Proyecto Bilingüe en España,  intercambien información y materiales didácticos, y se embarquen en proyectos conjuntos con colegios británicos.

Proyecto Bilingüe MEC - British Council

El British Council, en nombre del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC) está seleccionando profesores para que impartan el componente en lengua inglesa que forma parte del currículo integrado español/inglés de niños con edades comprendidas entre los 3 y los 11 años que reciben su educación en colegios estatales. Se trata de un proyecto conjunto entre el British Council y el Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia que lleva en marcha desde 1996.

Enseñanza Bilingüe como cotribución al fomento del Plurilingüismo en Europa

El proyecto tiene como objetivos fortalecer y fomentar la enseñanza bilingüe en las escuelas primarias y secundarias; vincular la investigación universitaria con la realidad en las escuelas; relacionar escuelas alemanas, españolas y finlandesas a un nivel personal de profesores (a través de estancias y cursos) y a un nivel virtual (a través de la creación de un workshop internet) y tiene como último objetivo fomentar e incentivar la colaboración entre todas las partes implicadas a través de sub-proyectos nacionales y transnacionales.

IDRA - Intercultural Development Research Association

IDRA is an independent, non-profit organization that advocates the right of every child to a quality education
BEIS - Bilingual Education Internet Section - TESOL

The Bilingual Education Interest Section (BEIS) is one of 20 interest sections within TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). Our members value
bilingualism and biliteracy and support its development in learners of all ages and in all countries through teaching, research, materials, training, and advocacy.
AICLE / CLIL

Group of Links by Xtec – Catalonia

ALPME Project - Universidad Pompeu Fabra

ALPME takes its name from the initials of a course entitled Advanced Level Programme in Multilingual Education, preparing both content and language teachers to teach in educational contexts which apply a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. An approach which sees language as an integral part of the educational process, and which prepares Europe's future generations for multilingualism and multiculturalism by means of using different European languages as the medium of communication to tackle different content subjects at school.
Team Teaching CLIL AXI

This CLIL-AXIS toolkit presents options for adapting methods, models and practices to enhance the development of key competences for the new reality of working life.  It provides insight into innovation and good practice on the integration of content, communication and culture in the world of education and work.


NCELA - National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs

OELA's National Clearinghouse is authorized to collect, analyze, synthesize, and disseminate information about language instruction educational programs for limited English proficient children, and related programs. Priority is given to information on academic content and English proficiency assessments and accountability systems.

Educación Bilingüe/CLIL - GIEB Universidad de Alcalá

Desde el año 2004 el grupo de investigación de Educación Bilingüe (GIEB) de la Universidad de Alcalá, coordinado por la Dra. Ana Halbach, está llevando a cabo estudios para analizar varios aspectos de la puesta en marcha del Proyecto Bilingüe en centros de Educación Primaria Públicos de  la Comunidad de Madrid.


Web de Educación Bilingüe - Universidad de Alcalá

Esta página tiene como objetivo fundamental servir de apoyo a los profesores que enseñan en proyectos de educación bilingüe. Además, se espera que sea de utilidad para todas las personas con un interés en el campo de la enseñanza y educación bilingües. En este sitio encontraréis reflexiones sobre la educación bilingüe, enlaces a paginas web que pueden ser de utilidad para la preparación de materiales para la enseñanza bilingüe, bibliografía sobre la educación bilingüe.


Bilingual Education - Recent Research -Issues in U.S. Language Policy

For many Americans, bilingual education seems to defy common sense – not to mention the Melting Pot tradition. They ask:

The U.S.A. National Association for Bilingual Education is the only national professional organization devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals
Dr. Mora\47s Cross-cultural Language & Academioc Development CLAD website

Jill Kerper Mora, Ed.D.
Associate Professor Emerita
School of Teacher
Education
"San Diego State University”

FACTWorld: The Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching

FACTWorld is a forum set up to support content and language integrated learning (CLIL), the teaching of subjects through the medium of a foreign language. The site contains links to country reports, useful sites and contact details of key people in participating countries.

CLIL Compendium

The CLIL Compendium results from a research-driven project which has focussed on identifying the dimensions of CLIL . It aims to be comprehensive but not exhaustive. Just as it identifies the foundations, so it is itself, a foundation by which to build greater understanding of the potential of CLIL.

EuroCLIC

EuroCLIC is a European Network which aims to include as many practitioners, researchers, teacher trainers, policymakers and other players in the field of CLIL as possible. EuroCLIC focuses on programmes which entail the use of a modern foreign language as the language of instruction or content and language integrated learning for non-language subjects.
Isabel Pérez - CLIL

The aim of this site is to help those teachers involved in the experience of implementing bilingualiism in European schools and in Spanish school mainly.
AILA ReN (Research Network) - CLIL and immersion classrooms: applied linguistic

This ReN aims at providing much needed applied linguistic insights (empirical and methodological) about classrooms where the teaching and learning of curricular content happens in and through foreign or second languages.

Bilingual Education Resources - Rethinking Schools

Bilingual education is both a civil and human right. Unfortunately with the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, bilingual education has been attacked at the state and federal level. Statewide anti-bilingual initiatives have passed in California, Colorado and Massachusetts. Federal legislation recently passed (as part of George W. Bush's Elementary and Secondary Education Act) includes provisions which further disadvantage those who are learning English.
CLILCOM - Content and Language Integrated Learning

CLILCOM (CLIL Competencies) is a multi-media tool for raising awareness of and supporting the development of teacher competencies in CLIL.
TEL2L - Universidad de Navarra

Tel2l significa Formación del profesorado para la Enseñanza a través de dos lenguas. El proyecto Tel2l  tiene como objetivo la promoción de la  Enseñanza Bilingüe Integrada / Mainstream Bilingual Education (MBE)  en cuatro países europeos.
TIE-CLIL - Translanguage in Europe - Content and Language Integrated Learning
The TIE-CLIL project (funded through Socrates - Lingua Action A) promotes plurilingualism through the introduction of Content and Language Integrated Learning in five different EU languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish). The major aim of TIE-CLIL is to provide pre and in-service development programmes in CLIL for language teachers and subject teachers through building on existing knowledge of this field, to provide state-of-the-art understanding of theory and practice.
www.content-english.org
AICLE - CLIL BCN

AICLE- CLIL   UB Dpt de Fil Anglesa
Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lengua Extranjera
Content and Language Integrated Learning
CONTENT-BASED, BILINGUAL and  IMMERSION PROGRAMMES, ETC.

Language Teaching - CLIL

European Commission – Education and Training - Language teaching - CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)



CLIL Lesson Planning

TASSI: SDAIE Handbook -- Techniques, Strategies, and Suggestions for Teachers of LEP and Former LEP Students

by John Gulack and Sandy Silverstein This booklet is intended to assist the teachers of LEP and former LEP students. The information presented consists of background-information and teaching-strategies.

Modelo SIOP - Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol

by Deborah J. Short, Center for Applied Linguistics, and Jana Echevarria, California State University, Long Beach - The SIOP was originally designed as an observation and rating tool for the researchers to use while viewing the participating teachers in the classroom. During the course of the project, however, the participating teachers discovered its potential as a tool for lesson planning and reflection.

ESL/Bilingual/Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources

by Marty Levine. One of Martin's interests lies in preparing teachers to work in ESL and bilingual classrooms. Below you'll find links to lesson plans and resources that should prove valuable in the classroom.

The Two-Way Immersion Toolkit

by Elizabeth R. Howard, Julie Sugarman, Marleny Perdomo, and Carolyn T. Adger. This Toolkit is a resource for teachers, parents, and administrators involved with two-way immersion (TWI) programs, particularly those at the elementary level. Two-way immersion is a form of dual language instruction.

Articles by Steve Darn

These are several articles by Steve Darn concerning CLIL and Lesson Planning

Building CLIL Material - The Resource Bank for CLIL Teachers

CoBaLTT - Content-based Language Teaching with Technology

CoBaLTT provides professional development and online resources that help foreign language and immersion teachers create content-based lessons/units using technology to enhance students' language proficiency and content or cultural knowledge.

MEB WEB – Materiales de Educación Bilingüe en la Red – Junta de Andalucía

Para el profesorado: se pretende conseguir una batería de actividades secuenciadas y contextualizadas. Las actividades estarán insertas en , presentarán distintos grados de dificultad, incorporarán temas transversales trascendentes para el alumnado y serán diseñadas de la forma más atractiva posible.

Recursos en Internet - Grupo de investigación de Educación Bilingüe (GIEB) de la Universidad de Alcalá

The Online Teacher Resource - teAc-hnology

Free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.

Learner.org

Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum

Enchanted Learning

This is a very complete site where you can find many printable material and resources for many areas

Teaching Today

Teaching tips, lesson plans & more

GCSE.com: revising revision

This material is suitable for all GCSE students and many others
S-Cool - GCSE Subjects
Another GCSE revision this time from S-Cool
onestopclil

Onestopclil is a new primary and secondary teacher's subscription site from Macmillan providing a range of flexible, ready-made resources for CLIL teachers who use English as the main medium of instruction.

Intercultural Competence

Formacion en competencias

Blog creado por Eva Mª Aguaded Ramírez - Departamento de Métodos de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Educación. - Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Campus de cartuja s/n. C.P.: 18071. -Universidad de Granada.

Capitulo Segundo: Metodología

SUMARIO: 2.1. APORTACIONES DE LA PSICOLOGÍA A LA ENSEÑANZA CENTRADA EN EL ALUMNO. 2.1.1. La Programación Neurolingüística y la enseñanza de lenguas. 2.2. EL COMPONENTE CULTURAL. 2.2.1. Concepto de cultura. 2.2.2. Dimensiones de cultura y diversidad

ESTRATEGIAS DE INNOVACIÓN PARA CONSTRUIR LA ESCUELA INTERCULTURAL Miquel Àngel Essomba

La innovación en la escuela, como factor decisivo para el aumento de una calidad educativa para todos, es un objetivo compartido y perseguido por el conjunto de los sistemas educativos.

La competencia comunicativa intercultural. Un estudio en el Primer Ciclo de la ESO

Tener competencias para poder dialogar de forma enriquecedora, apreciando las diferencias culturales, supone poder relacionarnos de forma simétrica con personas diversas.

fernando trujillo.com



Este es el sitio personal y profesional de Fernando Trujillo. En él puedes encontrar su curriculum vitae, publicaciones, enlaces y algunas otras cosas. Espero que algo te pueda servir.

UD 10 La práctica de la Educación Intercultural

Formación para Profesorado de las Aulas de Español – Nivel 1 Curso Educación Intercultural y enseñanza del español

Núcleo -Comunicación Intercultural y Sociolingüística - Holger Siever

La sociolingüística intercultural describe el comportamiento tanto verbal como no verbal del ser humano en un contexto verdaderamente intercultural.

Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de la CI - Francisca Castro Viúdez

Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de la CI en el aula de grupos multilingües.

La Competencia Intercultural. “Cuaderno Intercultural”

Artículos donde se explica qué es la competencia intercultural y cómo desarrollarla.

Educación intercultural

En este congreso se plantea dar un giro al concepto de alfabetización, que yendo más allá de la enseñanza de las materias instrumentales básicas, se propone el desarrollo de la persona

EUROPA - Education and Training - EUROPA - Education and training: home page

UNA EXPERIENCIA INTERCULTURAL EN EL CONTEXTO DE FORMACIÓN INICIAL DE PROFESORES DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS Nieves Goicoechea Gómez y Esther Sanz de la Cal

DIMENSIÓN INTERCULTURAL EN LA ENSEÑANZA DE LAS LENGUAS Y FORMACIÓN DEL PROFESORADO María Silvina Paricio

The Countryside - Ethnographic Approaches to Cultural Learning

Aula Intercultural

Información y recursos sobre interculturalidad. Apoyo para profesores en las aulas de enseñanza. Apoyo al profesorado. Una web creada desde FETE-UGT

Intagrated Curriculum

Currículum Integrado Blog the Fernando Trujillo

Este blog está dedicado a la difusión de sitios, actividades y noticias relacionados con el movimiento de "currículum integrado". Está escrito desde la perspectiva de las lenguas, aunque no se desestiman otras aportaciones y posibilidades de integración curricular.

Papers and Presentations Available Online - www.Content-English.org

(Journal Articles, Proceedings, Workshops, Book Chapters, etc.)

4X4 Thematic Unit Guidelines and Resources

by Jill Kerper Mora - San Diego State University - Integrated Thematic Planning: The purpose of the 4X4 thematic planning assignment is to guide preservice and inservice teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) through the steps and procedures for designing and teaching an integrated thematic unit using differentiated instruction.



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