Facing CLIL Challenges at University Level

Experiments in Content Language Integrated Learning have been carried out most of the time at primary and secondary education. However, not much is known about what higher education institutions are doing in this respect. This article aims to present an experience that occurred in the Languages Dep...

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Main Author: Carlo Granados Beltrán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Colombiana de Profesores de Ingles 2011-12-01
Series:HOW
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Online Access:http://howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how/article/view/50
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Summary:Experiments in Content Language Integrated Learning have been carried out most of the time at primary and secondary education. However, not much is known about what higher education institutions are doing in this respect. This article aims to present an experience that occurred in the Languages Department at Universidad Central (Bogotá, Colombia) in relation to the inclusion of content in language classes bymeans of project work. The way project work was organised as well as how it was evaluated in the different levels will be explained. Finally, a discussion of some surveys applied to both students and teachers to evaluate the experience will be presented, taking into consideration the advantages and limitations of this kind of work for university contexts.
ISSN:0120-5927