Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung CLIL at the PHT Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol Study Visit CLIL Skills to support Teacher and Trainer Mobility Mag. Melanie Steiner

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung The Pädagogische Hochschule Tirol Pedagogical University Tirol Pedagogical University Tirol Located in Innsbruck, Austria The PHT offer courses leading to a Bachelor Degree in Education and teaching qualification at the following levels and in the following subjects areas: Primary Schools Lower Secondary Schools Special Needs Education Apprenticeship Schools and Vocational Colleges Home Economics and Nutrition Educaction Information and Communication Pedagogy

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Teaching Practice is one of the priorities of the Pedagogical University Tirol. Attached to the PHT are two Practice Schools – Primary and Lower Secondary. In Addition to a full Bachelor of Education Degree students can take a teaching qualification in Pre-Vocational Year Education Workshops for Middle and Higher Technical Schools The PHT also offers many in-service training courses for more than teachers

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung CLIL Practice in Austria Primary –National curricular requirement –Bilingual schools: English, Italian, French Bilingual Schools –GIBS: Graz International Bilingual School, LISA etc. –Vienna Bilingual Schools Primary & Lower Secondary Bilingual Classes –Grammar Schools: Provincial capitals –Vocational Schools – Commercial, Technical: some development Initiatives – Bottom-up & Top-Down –Lower Secondary Schools –Grammar Schools –Vocational Schools

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung Austrian Educational System

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung Primary ML at Primary Level since 1962 Curricular requirement to integrate English into the general Primary School curriculum since 1998 Themes: everyday life, themes from general curriculum Subjects: all except German Curriculum & Educational Aims Compulsory L2 instruction from Year 1 –Ca. 96% English Integrated language learning in Years 1 & 2: short phases across the curriculum From Year 3 lessons + continuing integrated instruction Motivation & preparation for language learning & communication Tolerance & openess European values

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung Primary CLIL Integration at Primary Sending out to play, calling back in, collecting money for cocoa, the morning chat Facilitation: providing opportunities to react through body language Matching activities Analogy – multiplication – carry on in English Handicraft: look, watch me Gym Listening to Stories Discrepancies Excellent curriculum Wonderful materials Lack of success in up to 50% (?) of schools Problem of qualifications Austrian policy: class teacher –Good & Bad Interim solution? L2 is a problem for the teacher, not the pupils Interview with Gerlinde Egger, Methodolgist

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung CLIL at Secondary Legalities: Secondary Curriculum –Teaching through the medium of a language other than German covered by § 16/3 L2 can be employed if considered a benefit Can be applied to a school, class, subjects, lessons Original purpose: minority languages Status Quo & Challenges A growing number of bilingual schools/ streams Large number of initiatives Need for qualified staff Staff qualified especially in limited number of subjects: Biology, Geography, History, Psychology Qualification not stipulated No formal evaluation

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung CLIL Module at the PHT The forte of the module at the PHT is that one-third of course time is spent on subject methodology and held by the respective subject methodologist rather than the language specialist. The organisation may indeed be more straightforward within a smaller institution. PHT: Module 3 ECTS Obligatory for all students on Lower Secondary Course 3 Strands: English, German, Maths Courses on subject methodologies integrated into Module Back-up on Moodle No links to teaching practice

Wir bilden Menschen mit Verantwortung Learning Outcomes: Students are expected to have acquired Knowledge about CLIL principles and theories and an overview of the application of the CLIL Approach in Europe Knowledge about CLIL Methodologies The Competence to apply CLIL Methodologies in Second Subject(s) and also to co-operate with colleagues from other subject areas An awareness of available resources and the ability to work with new media in the CLIL classroom

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