Author(s)

Yan Tang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Wuhan Donghu University, Wuhan, China

Corresponding Author

Yan Tang

ABSTRACT

CLIL is the content and language integrated learning, which adopts the foreign language as non-verbal teaching language for the foreign language is considered as the carrier of professional knowledge. Meantime, the content provides authentic communicative context and media, thus the two mutually promote common improvement. English teaching in the College focuses on the language teaching, consequently, it is difficult to mobilize students' learning enthusiasm for the courses are monotonous; furthermore, students would become complacent or even lose interest in learning. CLIL is used to reach the effect that students can acquire both foreign language skills and subject knowledge as well. Language functions not only as the Learning content, but also as the learning tool, enabling EFL learners to experience the instant benefits and practical significance and the leaning efficiency can be improved as well. Therefore, CLIL is not only a teaching mode, but also a teaching philosophy. This paper aims at analyzing the teaching philosophy of CLIL to offer some teaching models and inspiring hints to English as foreign language instruction.

KEYWORDS

CLIL, Communicative Context and Media, EFL Teaching Situation in College, Teaching Models

CITE THIS PAPER

Yan Tang, On CLIL Theory and Its Inspiration for EFL Teaching Reform in College. Curriculum and Teaching Methodology (2023) Vol. 6: 63-70. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/curtm.2023.061011.

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