Content and language integrated learning: Difference between revisions

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Content and language integrated learning (CLIL)<ref>[http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/knowledge-wiki/clil British Council BBC Teaching English]</ref><ref>http://ec.europa.eu/education/languages/language-teaching/doc236_en.htm</ref> is an approach offor teachinglearning school subjectscontent through an additional language (foreign or second language), thus teaching both the subject and the language. It is an umbrella term which encompasses bilingual education, content based instruction, immersion, English (or other languages) as medium of instruction.<ref>http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?catid=100294&docid=501038</ref>

[[Content-based instruction]] (CBI) is a similar approach. The term CLIL is more common in [[Europe]], although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.