The use of CLIL in Science: an experience in Slovakia

Authors

  • Azucena Barahona Mora Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • María de la Fe de la Torre Guerra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael1327336

Keywords:

CLIL, bilingual education, Spanish language, Chemistry

Abstract

CLIL is a dual-teaching approach of non-linguistic content and a foreign language in which both are integrated with the aim of achieving parallel learning. This methodology promotes the stimulation of the cognitive abilities of the students and improves the amount of information they receive through the new language. Therefore, it becomes a very convenient technique in the context of the bilingual education.

This paper offers, on the one hand, the characteristics that comprise the CLIL approach and how it can be implemented in the classroom and, on the other hand, the procedure and the results of a CLIL activity performed in Chemistry in a Spanish-Slovak bilingual school.

 

Author Biographies

Azucena Barahona Mora, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

She holds a Doctorate in Linguistic, Literary and Theatrical Studies (UAH), a Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics (UJA) and a Bachelor's Degree in English Philology (UCM). Part of her research activity is directed towards the methodology of teaching English and Spanish as a Foreign Language. She is a lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid.

María de la Fe de la Torre Guerra

Holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Salamanca. She has worked as a teacher at secondary schools in Castilla y León (Spain) and Florida (USA) and at the University of León. She is currently teaching in a Spanish Bilingual Section in Slovakia.

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Published

2019-11-22

How to Cite

Barahona Mora, A., & de la Torre Guerra, M. de la F. (2019). The use of CLIL in Science: an experience in Slovakia. Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching, 13(27), 97–110. https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael1327336

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 27 (2019): Issue 27

Section

Thematic section "Computer Learners Corpora..."

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