CLIL Essential Terms

Formal language used to describe complex ideas.

Gathering information about learners' progress, making judgments about how successful learners have been in mastering subject specific skills and knowledge.

Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills. Day-to-day language used in informal situations where learners can use clues, visuals, gestures or facial expressions to communicate with each other.

A problem-solving technique where members of a group quickly and spontaneously share ideas and solutions, without judgement.

A hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can help teachers teach and students learn.

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency. Abstract language (subject-specific) used for studying in formal situations; this is essential for learners to reach an appropriate level in school subjects.

Groups of words or phrases which are used in specific contexts and often learned as a whole.

Content and Language Integrated Learning: learning a subject and another language at the same time.

The language input just beyond the level of a learner, but that the learner still can understand.

Learning theory which sees learning as the building (construction) of ideas based on new experiences.