CLIL in Lower SaxonyGermany

Germany

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Lower Saxony

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Size: 48,000 km2

Population: 8 Million(170/ km2)

Schools: 3,000 Teachers: 80,000 Pupils: 900,000 Bilingual schools:

ca. 100-150

Hildesheim

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Hildesheim

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The Lower Saxony School System

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Lower Secondary

Gym-nasium

Recommendation/Parents’ decision

Primary

5 – 10

6 – 9

Lower Secondary

mind. 3-zügig

(eher zweig-gegliedert)

mit gym. Angebot ohne gym. Angebot

Oberschule

10 – 15

1 – 4

11 + 12

Lower Secondary

C o m p r e -h e n s i v e

Real-schule

Haupt-schule

Lower Secondary

mind. 2-zügig

(eher jahrgangs-gegliedert)

Upper Secondary

Upper

Secondary

Upper

Secondary

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Vocational Gymnasium (mit erweitertem Sekundarabschluss I)

Dual System Vocational Education

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16 – 17

bilingual classes

year age

Languages and subjects

Languages for bilingual education:English (very few schools with French/Spanish/Italian)

CLIL-subjects:» Geography» Biology» History» Politics» Sports

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Qualification & Training

usually subject + English teachers usually without special qualification new courses in initial teacher training CPD:

» network meetings» regional and subject-specific in-service

trainings

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Teaching

Models:» full course, even leading to A-levels (not

centralized exams); separate curriculum» modules (brief teaching units)

CLIL courses begin in year 7, usually preceded by extra English lessons

usually just one CLIL subject

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Problems

financial restrictions (staff, extra time) reduced offers in lower grades create

problems for formation of upper grade courses lack of suitable materials for all subjects extra workload for teachers lack of effective certificates of competence sporadically selective effects

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My interests

International research (DESI study) has proven superiority of CLIL over regular language teaching

measures to support CLIL and multilingualism (Agenda 2020)

» incentives» training programmes» good practice examples

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