The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes

This paper presents the results of a research into the foreign teachers' attitudes towards the first foreign language (FL 1) teaching according to the CLIL approach. The first foreign language teachers (FL 1 teachers) should have carried out their FL 1 lessons using the CLIL approach. The resu...

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Main Author: Tilen Smajla
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Ahmad Dahlan 2021-04-01
Series:English Language Teaching Educational Journal
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Online Access:http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/article/view/3702
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description This paper presents the results of a research into the foreign teachers' attitudes towards the first foreign language (FL 1) teaching according to the CLIL approach. The first foreign language teachers (FL 1 teachers) should have carried out their FL 1 lessons using the CLIL approach. The results of the twelve interviews: teachers agree upon the importance of the education process of teachers-to-be, for any teacher working at an early level should have completed a BA in class teaching and should have acquired a degree in the methodology of early language teaching. Most teachers who used the CLIL approach in the first year of its introduction (school year 2014–2015), refrained from it in the second year, or only used some elements of the CLIL approach, for they felt that it was impossible to follow the guidelines of the “hard†CLIL. Consequently, they only used some elements or strategies of the CLIL approach, which some authors call “soft†CLIL. Although some teachers claimed to have encountered numerous obstacles in teaching according to CLIL, they nevertheless considered it to be a suitable approach in the FL 1 classroom.A well-prepared abstract enables the reader to identify the basic content of a document quickly and accurately, to determine its relevance to their interests, and thus to decide whether to read the document in its entirety.
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spelling doaj.art-ed14f72273974697bfa99256c706a66b2024-02-27T04:23:36ZengUniversitas Ahmad DahlanEnglish Language Teaching Educational Journal2621-64852021-04-014110.12928/eltej.v4i1.37021498The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudesTilen Smajla0Elementary school Pier Paolo Vergerio il Vecchio Koper- Capodistria, Slovenia This paper presents the results of a research into the foreign teachers' attitudes towards the first foreign language (FL 1) teaching according to the CLIL approach. The first foreign language teachers (FL 1 teachers) should have carried out their FL 1 lessons using the CLIL approach. The results of the twelve interviews: teachers agree upon the importance of the education process of teachers-to-be, for any teacher working at an early level should have completed a BA in class teaching and should have acquired a degree in the methodology of early language teaching. Most teachers who used the CLIL approach in the first year of its introduction (school year 2014–2015), refrained from it in the second year, or only used some elements of the CLIL approach, for they felt that it was impossible to follow the guidelines of the “hard†CLIL. Consequently, they only used some elements or strategies of the CLIL approach, which some authors call “soft†CLIL. Although some teachers claimed to have encountered numerous obstacles in teaching according to CLIL, they nevertheless considered it to be a suitable approach in the FL 1 classroom.A well-prepared abstract enables the reader to identify the basic content of a document quickly and accurately, to determine its relevance to their interests, and thus to decide whether to read the document in its entirety. http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/article/view/3702attitudesearly ageforeign language teacherforeign language teachingthe CLIL approach
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The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes
English Language Teaching Educational Journal
attitudes
early age
foreign language teacher
foreign language teaching
the CLIL approach
title The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes
title_full The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes
title_fullStr The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes
title_full_unstemmed The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes
title_short The suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the CLIL approach: the foreign language teachers' attitudes
title_sort suitability of foreign language teaching in childhood according to the clil approach the foreign language teachers attitudes
topic attitudes
early age
foreign language teacher
foreign language teaching
the CLIL approach
url http://journal2.uad.ac.id/index.php/eltej/article/view/3702
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