howclil

**How does CLIL work?**  CLIL is built on // learning // and // language learning. // It is not a language lesson nor a subject lesson delivered in a foreign language: it is both. There are 4 components that shoul be combined in a CLIL approch, according to the 4Cs curriculum 1.

**Content ** **Cognition ** **Communication ** **Culture **
 * The learners create their own knowledge and understanding
 * The progression in knowledge, skills and understanding are realted to the defined elements of the curriculum
 * The content is related to thinking
 * The learners create their own interpretation of content
 * There is process where developing thinking skills link to concept formation (abstract and concrete), understanding and language
 * Interaction in the learning context is fundamental to learning (discussing, explaining, ecc.)
 * To use language to learn while learning to use language
 * Deepening intercultural awareness
 * Exposure to alternative perspectives and shared understandings (//self-other)//

Therefore the knowledge of the language becomes the means of learning content and the language is integrated into the broad curriculum. Language is seen in real-life situations in which students can use the it: learning is improved through increased motivation and the study of natural language seen in context. When learners are interested in a topic they are motivated to use language to communicate (and to acquire it). It is important to focus on fluency rather than accuracy and errors are a natural part of language learning: the learners develop fluency in the foreign language by using it to communicate for a variety of purposes.

1 Do Coyle, 1999