tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111171916812702234.post7419616877209635789..comments2024-01-10T08:57:05.718+01:00Comments on Reflections on CLIL: Doubts about CLIL: food for thought?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111171916812702234.post-40055671211121235892011-11-20T13:51:14.351+01:002011-11-20T13:51:14.351+01:00I agree B1 is quite a low requirement. I hate it w...I agree B1 is quite a low requirement. I hate it when a CLIL teacher uses English incorrectly. It is a fact that some pupils achieve C1 proficiency during their secondary school education, and therefore their teachers MUST have the same or a higher level of English! <br />When this is not the case, pupils end up refusing to speak English in class. That motivation might diminish in these cases should not count as being odd.<br />I disagree that CLIL would rely on the aquisition of languages as opposed to learning it. The only way to teach a CLIL class in my opinion, is with a healthy focus on language used. I do recognise that many CLIL teachers do not teach in ways that focus on language, they just use it.<br />I am really worried that poorly translated books are sometimes used in class. That is, a Dutch method translated into English without employing a native English editor who is most excellently versed in the subject matter. <br />I almost wept when I had to work with the 'numbers and space' books. A new version is being published, and I hear it is better, but I have not had opportunity to look at the newer versions extensively.Eva van Herelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12028214834050464367noreply@blogger.com