Practices

Thematic Field: Teaching professions
European CLiL in Development: A Primary Phase Consortium
Comenius Multilateral Project
Institutions involved:
Universita 'Ca' Foscari Di Venezia (IT); Berlin Senate for Education, Sciences and
Research (De); Universidad De Sevilla (ES); Jagiellonian University (PL); University
College Plymouth St Mark & St John (UK)
Coordinating institution:
Liverpool Hope University (United Kingdom)
Key words: Teacher competences, Teacher educators
Description:
An initial needs assessment in five countries identified support for teacher educators
working with colleagues developing CLIL-based approaches within the secondary
phase but little existing support for those involved in the primary phase. The
consortium, comprising members from six institutions concerned with initial teacher
education, formed to support primary teacher educators in introducing and developing
CLIL pedagogies with their student teachers.
The results of the project are relevant for teacher educators, both in pre- and inservice
training, as well as student and practising teachers with an interest in
CLIL. They include a mapping of national and regional contexts (CLIL approaches and
their application in the classroom), a profile of a primary CLIL teacher (a development
of the European Foreign Language Teacher Profile); an online portfolio (a
monitoring/assessment tool) enabling student teachers to record their achievements
and areas for development, and the tutor to monitor the student teacher’s progress
and identify where support is required; and a series of training packages, on
predetermined CLIL areas enabling teacher educators to address a range of primary
CLIL issues with student teachers. These include commentaries on usage of video
footage of students or experienced teachers trialling and exemplifying CLIL strategies
within primary classrooms.
Duration:
2008-2010
Webpage:
www.primaryclil.org
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/projects/public_parts/documents/comenius/com_mp_14
2328_euclid_appc.pdf
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/comenius/documents/Com_en_2008.pdf
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