KEY TERMS OF CLIL

•Additional Language Increasingly used instead of terms such as foreign, second or minority language, to refer to any language other than the first language
•Bilingual Environment An environment in which two languages are used
•Exposure to ...The proportion of CLIL teaching experienced by a learner in a school year
• Low - about 5-15% of teaching time
• Medium - about 15-50% of teaching time
• High - over 50% of teaching time
•Foreign Language A language which is not usually used in the surrounding social environment
•First Language User A person who considers the target language to be his/her first language
•School Profile The public image of a school, its reputation
•Second Language Used to describe a language widely used in the surrounding environment
•Target Language The language used for CLIL
•Immersion Method One specific form of CLIL usually involving extensive exposure and very specific linguistic conditions in the environment
•Language Awareness Sensitivity to the similarities and differences between languages
•Language Shower Used to describe very short, but often continuous, exposure to CLIL
•Learning Styles An individuals preferences for approaches to learning
•Learning Strategies The ways in which individuals learn
•Mother Tongue This is generally used to refer to the first language a child acquires and
uses, but in some cases children will be fully bilingual and thus may not
actually have one first language, but perhaps two or more first
languages