Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multilingual Education
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multilingual Education
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Prologue
- Acknowledgement
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Content and Language Integrated Learning:
- 9 Enhancing Language Awareness through CLIL
- 10 Reinterpreting CLIL in ‘Monolingual’ Japan
- 11 CLIL-Related Benefits for General EFL Proficiency
- 12 Positioning CLIL in the Polish Context
- 13 Discourse in CLIL
- 14 Preparing Teachers for CLIL
- 15 CLIL
- 16 Looking Back to Move Ahead
- Part III Teaching Academic Subjects through English Medium Instruction
- Part IV Dual Language Learning, Immersion Programmes, and Learner Agency
- Part V Heritage Language Education
- Part VI Minority Language Education
- Part VII A Critical Look at Multilingual Pedagogies
- Index
- References
15 - CLIL
A State-of-the-Art Approach in Brazil
from Part II - Content and Language Integrated Learning:
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 December 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multilingual Education
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Multilingual Education
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Prologue
- Acknowledgement
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Content and Language Integrated Learning:
- 9 Enhancing Language Awareness through CLIL
- 10 Reinterpreting CLIL in ‘Monolingual’ Japan
- 11 CLIL-Related Benefits for General EFL Proficiency
- 12 Positioning CLIL in the Polish Context
- 13 Discourse in CLIL
- 14 Preparing Teachers for CLIL
- 15 CLIL
- 16 Looking Back to Move Ahead
- Part III Teaching Academic Subjects through English Medium Instruction
- Part IV Dual Language Learning, Immersion Programmes, and Learner Agency
- Part V Heritage Language Education
- Part VI Minority Language Education
- Part VII A Critical Look at Multilingual Pedagogies
- Index
- References
Summary
With the growth of interest in Elite Bilingual Education in Brazil, CLIL has gained visibility. In response, the National Curricular Guidelines for the Offer of Plurilingual Education were introduced to regulate the offer of plurilingual education and foster the valuation of Brazil’s linguistic and cultural diversity. The chapter aims to explore the document through the lens of CLIL to assess how the Guidelines afford CLIL implementation and identify opportunities for future developments and improvements. The analysis shows that the text affords numerous opportunities for CLIL implementation but falls short in depth and undercuts its own intentions by not regarding minoritised populations and languages.
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