CLIL in Pre-primary education

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has rapidly gained ground in schools within the latest decades. Consequently, interest in analysing stakeholders' perceptions and needs has increased. This article has a twofold aim: (1) to analyse pre-primary teachers' CLIL knowledge, (2) to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Segura, Marta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:276661
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/276661
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5565/rev/jtl3.1230
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Content and Language Integrated Learning
Pre-primary education
Teacher perceptions
In-service teachers
Pre-service teachers
Aprenentatge Ontegrat de Continguts i Llengües Estrangeres
Educació infantil
Percepcions dels mestres
Mestres en actiu
Mestres en formació inicial
Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lenguas Extranjeras
Educación infantil
Percepciones de los maestros
Maestros en activo
Maestros en formación inicial
Enseignement d'une Matière par l'Intégration d'une Langue Étrangère
Education
Perceptions des enseignants
Enseignants en poste
Enseignants en formation initiale
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Sumario:Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has rapidly gained ground in schools within the latest decades. Consequently, interest in analysing stakeholders' perceptions and needs has increased. This article has a twofold aim: (1) to analyse pre-primary teachers' CLIL knowledge, (2) to identify the expected benefits, challenges, and perceived needs that CLIL implementation in pre-primary may entail for themselves, and for their students. To do so, 129 pre-primary teachers (N=76 in-service, N=53 pre-service) responded an online survey. Answers were coded with Atlas.ti, visualisations were created with R. Results showed that most in-service teachers know what CLIL is, while pre-service teachers are rather unfamiliar with it. Teachers have positive expectations regarding the potential CLIL benefits for students and teachers. However, most do not feel ready to implement it in pre-primary, because of the lack of teacher training programmes (on methodology and FL), and the scarcity of resources (e.g., guidelines, materials, stakeholders' support).