PROFILING EUROPEAN CLIL CLASSROOMS

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CULTIX
Build Intercultural Knowledge & Understanding
AGE RANGE 5-15 yrs 14-20 yrs 14-20 yrs 14-20 yrs
LINGUISTIC
ENVIRONMENT
monolingual monolingual bilingual bilingual
EXPOSURE low low low medium
TARGET
LANGUAGE
TEACHERS language and
non-language
non-native
DISCOURSE:
INTERACTIONAL-
TRANSACTIONAL
RATIO
CONTENT-
LANGUAGE
RATIO
foreign foreign foreign second
more
interactional
language and
non-language
native and
non-native
Key Terms used in Profiling European CLIL Classrooms
language and
non-language
non-native
language and
non-language
native
balanced balanced balanced
balanced more content balanced balanced
SUBJECTS selected selected selected selected
TRANS-
LANGUAGING
yes yes yes no
Age-Range: Three age-ranges are referred to (3-6 years, 5-15 years & 14-20
years)
Content–Language Ratio: Extent to which focus is on teaching content and
teaching language
Discourse: The type of communication found in the learning environment (e.g.
classroom). It is separated in terms of interactional (main emphasis on social
communication), and transactional discourse (main emphasis on giving and
receiving information)
Exposure: The proportion of CLIL teaching experienced by a learner in a school
year expressed as low, medium or high
Target Language: If the teaching medium is a foreign, second, minority or
majority language
Linguistic Environment: If the socio-cultural environment is generally
monolingual, bilingual or multilingual
Subjects: If this form of CLIL is particularly suitable for selected or the majority
of subjects
Teachers: Whether teachers are usually language or non-language specialists,
and, native or non-native speakers of the target language
Trans-Languaging: If more than one language is found in the CLIL classroom
environment