With CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) expanding throughout Europe, two countries, Italy and Spain, and two of their regions, Lombardy and Catalonia, were chosen as the focus of this study. Experiences in Italy and Spain suggest that English language teachers in secondary schools could support content teachers in their CLIL courses. Decisions concerning the role of language teachers in CLIL should be considered in relation to teachers’ perceptions and the reality of the situation that schools are in. The present study seeks to explore the need for CLIL support from the perspective of English language teachers. An online questionnaire was sent to 55 Catalan and Lombard English teachers, asking them to describe their current support activities, to propose new forms of collaboration and to de-termine the potential feasibility of co-planning and co-implementing activities. Results show that such collaboration is seen mainly as an essential and enriching need that must be supported by concrete actions (economic in particular) taken by the educational authorities.

Con il CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in espansione in tutta Europa, due paesi, l’Italia e la Spagna, e due regioni, la Lombardia e la Catalogna, sono state scelte come oggetto di questo studio. Varie esperienze in Italia e Spagna suggeriscono che i docenti di lingua inglese delle scuole secondarie potrebbero essere di supporto ai docenti di discipline non linguistiche nei loro corsi CLIL. Le decisioni riguardanti il ruolo dei docenti di lingua nel CLIL dovrebbero tenere conto delle percezioni dei docenti e della reale situazione nelle scuole. Il presente studio cerca di esplorare il bisogno di supporto nel CLIL dal punto di vista dei docenti di lingua inglese. Un questionario online è stato spedito a 55 docenti di inglese lombardi e catalani chiedendo loro di descrivere le attuali attività di supporto, di proporre nuove forme di collaborazione e di determinare la potenziale fattibilità della co-programmazione e co-costruzione delle attività. I risultati mostrano che tale collaborazione è percepita come un bisogno essenziale e arricchente che deve essere supportato da azioni concrete (in particolare economiche) messe in atto dalle responsabili autorità educative nazionali.

Costa, F. G., Pladevall-Ballester, E., Language Teachers’ Perspectivee on the CLIL Experience in Catalan and Lombard Secondary Schools, <<RASSEGNA ITALIANA DI LINGUISTICA APPLICATA>>, 2018; 50 (2-3): 73-96 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/142884]

Language Teachers’ Perspectivee on the CLIL Experience in Catalan and Lombard Secondary Schools

Costa, Francesca Giuseppina;
2018

Abstract

With CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) expanding throughout Europe, two countries, Italy and Spain, and two of their regions, Lombardy and Catalonia, were chosen as the focus of this study. Experiences in Italy and Spain suggest that English language teachers in secondary schools could support content teachers in their CLIL courses. Decisions concerning the role of language teachers in CLIL should be considered in relation to teachers’ perceptions and the reality of the situation that schools are in. The present study seeks to explore the need for CLIL support from the perspective of English language teachers. An online questionnaire was sent to 55 Catalan and Lombard English teachers, asking them to describe their current support activities, to propose new forms of collaboration and to de-termine the potential feasibility of co-planning and co-implementing activities. Results show that such collaboration is seen mainly as an essential and enriching need that must be supported by concrete actions (economic in particular) taken by the educational authorities.
2018
Inglese
Costa, F. G., Pladevall-Ballester, E., Language Teachers’ Perspectivee on the CLIL Experience in Catalan and Lombard Secondary Schools, <<RASSEGNA ITALIANA DI LINGUISTICA APPLICATA>>, 2018; 50 (2-3): 73-96 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/142884]
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