OJUA2011 Bilingual Education ja CLIL (5 op)

This course provides a critical introduction to the development and practice of bilingual education in Finland, as well as the different forms of language education that are supported by the National Common Core Curriculum. This course specifically focuses on the integration of content and language learning and pedagogical tools that have been used to further develop this approach to education. As an advanced course, students are expected to combine their theoretical understanding with the development of pedagogical activities and materials. 

Competence development

This course specifically promotes pedagogical competence through the critical examination of different forms of bilingual education, communicative and interactional competence through the development and implementation of bilingual materials, intellectual competence through the critical engagement with research on bilingual education, and ethical competence through the better understanding of the role of language education in relation to individual and community needs.

Upon completing the course, students should be able to:

• to critically reflect on different forms of bilingual approaches
• understand the relationship between innovations in language education and educational communities
• able to combine theoretical and practical understanding of education in order to develop approaches to bilingual education
• plan and implement bilingual units of work, accompanying materials and assessment procedures

Are available in the Moodle learning platform for the course. 

Key course texts include: CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning (Coyle, Marsh, Hood), Uncovering CLIL: Methods and Language Integrated Learning and Multilingual Education (Mehisto, Marsh, Frigols), CLIL tool-kit (Coyle), further reading to be announced.

Coyle, Hood & Marsh (2010) CLIL: Methods and Language Integrated Learning, Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-521-11298-7 978-0-521-13021-9.

Mehisto, Marsh, Frigols (2008) Uncovering CLIL: Methods and Language Integrated Learning and Multilingual Education, Macmillan ELT. ISBN-10: 0230027199 ISBN-13: 978-0230027190.

Wright, W. E., Boun, S., & García, O. (2017). The handbook of bilingual and multilingual education. John Wiley & Sons.