This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This material reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This material reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein
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THE INITIATIVE PROMOTER’S PERSPECTIVE
OLVI in Poperinge Belgium is a Flemish technical and vocational secondary school with sections in Commerce, Fashion and Sales, Care and Sciences. The pupils of the commercial section can study the courses Trade and Business Economy in French, 3 hours a week, during 4 years.Our school is located near the French border and close to the linguistic border within Belgium.
"The objectives are:
- linguistic: improved mastering of the CLIL language French
- cultural: a better understanding of the French and Walloon culture
- cognitive: stimulating the reflecting, analytical, conceptual and abstracting competency."
CLIL classes are conducted in French. Language didactics are interwoven in the CLIL class. Language and subject are highly integrated. Lessons and activities are interactive, communicative and self activating.
Success indicators are better foreign language skills and an increased global motivation and specific motivation for the CLIL language itself.
To make the project known
National and international publicity and interest. Many visits from students, teachers, school directors, minister of education. New visions through discussions.
A lot of interest in the project was shown
Involve all staff in your project.Be open-minded, constantly adapt your project.Create long-lasting initiatives with a certain consistancy.
THE NELLIP NETWORK’S PERSPECTIVE
By using CLIL this project has contributed to the promotion of new approaches to language teaching and training and also to the promotion of language learning for specific purposes
Comments on this Case Studies
Date: 2014.11.12
Posted by Gardikiotis Rodica (Romania)
Message: The project shows a vision that encourages the school agenda, the projected profile of students’competences upon graduation, the geographical context, the political and economic setting and the intercultural agendas of the involved communities. Through this wide interaction of contextual factors the chosen approach, that of CLIL, illustrates a suitable fitting between all these factors.
The business component wrapped in the teaching of French in a geographicla area of Wallone, bordering the linguistic zone of the French area, the natural use of both languiages in an open commerce area, in which familiarization with cultural benchmarks for both Walllonaise and French communities is relevant for the students’professional success are the components that have made this project a winner of the ELL. CLIL , one again , proves to cover a wide variety of developmental needs and it is fit for many learning styles.
