scholarly journals CLIL in the Foreign Language Classroom: Proposal of a Framework for ICT Materials Design in Language-Oriented Versions of Content and Language Integrated Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Almudena Fernández Fontecha
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom ◽  
Official Curriculum ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Selection Of

A shortage of materials and guidelines that link CLIL theory to classroom practice has been reported in research about the European context. In all versions of CLIL implementation, the sequence of non-linguistic contents should be the point of departure for the sequence of linguistic contents. However, the teacher’s previous work to materials delivery will differ depending on the particularities of each possible CLIL scenario. In content-oriented versions of CLIL, the non-linguistic contents are already set in the official curriculum. In language-oriented versions, the language teacher has to define the sequence of non-linguistic contents by preserving the objectives of the foreign language curriculum. This paper describes the Content and Language Processing Sequence (CLPS), a tool devised for supporting the selection of non-linguistic contents, the treatment of the language component, and the design of ICT materials in a CLIL model for the foreign language classroom.

The new trend of wearable technology in college foreign language classroom and its impact on college English teaching

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110032
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Baihan Gao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
College English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Foreign Language Classroom ◽  
Practical Teaching

With the progress of new sensor technology and Internet technology, wearable devices have gradually become the new favorite of the science and technology industry. They have been applied to various fields because of their wearability, mobility, user-centered, interactive, integrated and augmented reality characteristics. Given the shortcomings of traditional foreign language education at university, wearable technology is introduced into foreign language classroom as an auxiliary form of traditional teaching. This article chooses two courses (171 and 172 courses) to test whether wearable devices have an impact on college English teaching. The English level of these two classes is similar. With the assistance of wearable technology, level 171 is selected as the experimental course; 172 is a regular course, using only traditional teaching methods, and the experiment lasted for a semester. Practical teaching is also carried out in the class. Practical teaching results show that wearable technology assisted English teaching can not only improve students’ ability to master knowledge, but also greatly enhance students' interest in learning English.

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