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Snapshot of a lower secondary CLIL program in Japan
The program was embedded within the home economics curriculum, not as a stand-alone language course, with the aim to provide learners with greater English exposure.
CLIL to what degree: a trial in English medium education at a Japanese university – Is it CLIL or not?
English medium teaching of subject areas at the university level in Japan is increasing due to both the encouragement of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the desire to attract both foreign and domestic students.
Readdressing EFL approaches: CLIL curriculum in a Japanese medical university context
Universities in Japan are searching for practical approaches to improve their EFL programs.Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is one approach that has shown potential for both improving language learning and cognition.
English education at schools of pharmacy in Japan: meeting curricular needs through authentic ESP materials
Pharmacy education in Japan underwent a sea of change in 2006 with the introduction of the current six-year curriculum, also known as the Model Core Curriculum for Pharmaceutical Education (MCC).
The International Program: curriculum design and assessment for an English-medium economics program
This paper outlines an intensive English-medium Economics program which was established to facilitate the development of various skills and knowledge needed for students to achieve their goal of being successful members of the international academic and business community.
A Case Study of Environmental Management & Content and Language Integrated Learning
Criticisms of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) have raised fundamental concerns on how to define the scope and space of this new approach.
International history as CLIL: reflection, critical thinking and making meaning of the world
This paper will describe the conceptual framework behind an elective CLIL history curriculum taught to Japanese and non-Japanese students at an international studies university near Tokyo.
Learning through in-house videos: how one Japanese college integrates subject content in its EAP program
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a ‘dual-focused educational approach’ (Coyle, Hood & Marsh 2010, p. 1) which attempts to teach a content course in another language. CLIL attempts to interweave language and content.
Implementing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach to TOEIC Preparatory Lessons
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has been recognized in the Japanese EFL context since 2011 (Hemmi, 2011). However, the educational as well as the social role of CLIL will be immense in Japan considering the recent low birth rate and increasing number of overseas students at many universities in Japan.
Teaching a Medical English CLIL Course with Vocabulary Learning Strategies Instruction in Japan
This article describes teaching a medical English content and language integrated learning (CLIL) course with vocabulary learning strategies instruction for first-year students at a medical university in Tokyo over a period of three years.
