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CLIL Key Terms

Additional Language
Increasingly used instead of terms such as foreign, second or minority language, to refer to any language other than the first language
Bilingual Environment
An environment in which two languages are used
Certification
Officially-recognised documentation used in some form of assessment
Discourse Type
The type of communication found in the learning environment (e.g. classroom). It is separated in terms of interactional (main emphasis on social communication), and transactional discourse (main emphasis on giving and receiving information)
Exposure
The proportion of CLIL teaching experienced by a learner in a school year
- Low - about 5-15% of teaching time
- Medium - about 15-50% of teaching time
- High - over 50% of teaching time
Foreign Language
A language which is not usually used in the surrounding social environment
ICT
Information and Communications Technology
Immersion Method
One specific form of CLIL usually involving extensive exposure and very specific linguistic conditions in the environment
Intercultural Knowledge & Understanding
Understanding of one’s own in relation to other cultures
Language Awareness
Sensitivity to the similarities and differences between languages
Language Shower
Used to describe very short, but often continuous, exposure to CLIL
Learning Styles
An individuals preferences for approaches to learning
Learning Strategies
The ways in which individuals learn
Majority Language
The main language used in the surrounding social environment. This often means ’national language’ but not always
Minority Language
The language used by a minority in the surrounding social environment
Monolingual Environment
An environment in which one language is most widely used in the surrounding social environment
Mother Tongue
This is generally used to refer to the first language a child acquires and uses, but in some cases children will be fully bilingual and thus may not actually have one first language, but perhaps two or more first languages
Multilingual Environment
An environment in which three or more different languages are actively used
Native Speaker
A person who considers the target language to be his/her first language
Plurilingual Attitudes
Attitudes which support the value of being able to use, to a greater or lesser extent, three or more languages
School Profile
The public image of a school
Second Language
Used to describe a language widely used in the surrounding environment which is not considered to be a foreign language
Target Language
The language used for CLIL
Trans-languaging
Where more than one language is used in the CLIL classroom environment