Designing and implementing an in-service CLIL teacher training course for EFL teachers
Nina Raud | Narva College of the University of Tartu
Olga Orehhova | Narva College of the University of Tartu
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has been adopted in many countries as an attractive methodology to
enhance both subject and language teaching. Successful implementation of CLIL is preconditioned by the availability of qualified
CLIL teachers, which can be ensured through both pre-service and in-service teacher training. The article introduces a case of
designing and implementing an in-service training course of CLIL methodology for English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in
Estonia. The results of a one year-long longitudinal study of EFL teachers’ professional development in CLIL methodology
(2018–2019) have been used to develop and implement a needs-analysis-based CLIL in-service training course for a wider community
of teachers of English in Estonia (2019–2020). The approach to designing such a tailored in-service training course of CLIL
methodology can be applied by teacher educators in other educational contexts and countries.
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