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CLIL
Do Coyle, Philip Hood and David Marsh

CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) has emerged since the millennium as a major trend in education. Written by Do Coyle, Philip Hood and David Marsh and drawing on their experience of CLIL in secondary schools, primary schools and English language schools across Europe, this book gives a comprehensive overview of CLIL. It summarises the theory which underpins the teaching of a content subject through another language and discusses its practical application, outlining the key directions for the development of research and practice. This book acknowledges the uncertainty many teachers feel about CLIL, because of the requirement for both language and subject knowledge, while providing theoretical and practical routes towards successful practice for all.

Do Coyle

Do Coyle has been Professor of Learning Innovation at the University of Aberdeen since summer 2008. She came to Aberdeen from the University of Nottingham, where she was Associate Professor of Education, Co-Director of the university’s CETL-Visual Learning Lab and member of the Learning Sciences Research Institute. Professor Coyle is an international expert in CLIL and has played a major role in the European movement associated with bilingual and modern languages education. Working towards the ‘borderless classroom’, she has created innovative approaches to video conferencing using the Teaching and Learning Observatory concept. She is a member of the international research group on learning strategies (IPOLLS), the European research group for CLIL (CLILCOM) and is guest editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Do Coyle is co-author CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning (Coyle, Hood and Marsh, 2010, Cambridge University Press).

Philip Hood

Philip Hood works in the Centre for Research in Schools and Communities in the School of Education, University of Nottingham. He is Course Director of the National SCITT in Outstanding Primary Schools (a School-based Initial Teacher Training course, hosted by the University). In the field of primary education he is best known as a researcher and curriculum developer in the curriculum area of Modern Languages. He has extensive experience of training teachers who are preparing to teach CLIL modules and is co-author of the 2010 publication CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning along with Do Coyle and David Marsh (Cambridge University Press).

David Marsh

David Marsh has worked on multilingualism and bilingual education since the 1980s. He was part of the team which conducted groundwork leading to the launch of the term Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in 1994. In 2002, he coordinated production of CLIL – The European Dimension: Actions, Trends and Foresight Potential for the European Commission (DG EAC). This overview of the situation in Europe was used in the compilation of the 2004–2006 EC Action Plan: Promoting Language Learning & Linguistic Diversity. During 2008–2009 he coordinated an international research team (on behalf of the European Commission) examining the evidence available concerning the impact of multilingualism on the brain. He is currently acting as Strategic Director for CCN (Europe), and handles various educational development and research initiatives in the European Union and East Asia.