The link between the teaching and learning of mathematics and physics through English at school and at university

Content and Language Iintegrated Learning (CLIL) training for content teachers is usually carried out by English language specialist teacher trainers. Their role is not only to improve the English competence of content teachers but also to raise awareness of the importance of the language within a content course. In Italy, which is the context of the present study, this kind of training can only be delivered to subject-matter teachers. However, in other parts of the world, it is also targeted to language teachers or teachers who have a dual competence (content and language as, for example, in Germany). This article describes an activity (and a related study) performed during a CLIL training course where part of the aim was to highlight the content teachers’ relationship with the English language.