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From Ancient Rome to Modern Europe:
Tracing the Origins of CLIL Approach

Ravi Prakash Jalli, M.A. and Dr. B. Spoorthi, Ph.D.

Abstract

An innovative approach that considerably contributed to the advancement of language teaching and learning is Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). CLIL is defined as an approach to teaching and learning a subject and a language together. The focus in the CLIL approach is equally distributed between content (subject) and language. Though there have been studies on the effectiveness of CLIL in various contexts, research on the origins of CLIL is scarce. Moreover, studying the history of CLIL can help us better understand its current state. Therefore, the primary objective of this paper is to explore the origins of CLIL, from ancient Rome to modern Europe. In addition, the paper also discusses various definitions of CLIL. A systematic review method has been incorporated to carry out the study. The findings of the study could inform future research in language teaching and learning about the origins of CLIL.

Keywords: Origin of CLIL, Approaches and Methods, Language Teaching and Learning, Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Introduction

There has been a quest to find the ‘best’ method which can yield optimal language learning outcomes. Since the dawn of the ‘methods era’, which started approximately in the late 19th century and continued till the end of the 20th Century, there have been multiple methods and approaches that came with the promise of transforming the field of language teaching and learning; from the grammar-translation method which started in the late 19th century to the recent Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) (Richards & Rodgers, 2014). Though no one method or approach has ever completely revolutionized language teaching and learning, they have significantly contributed to the advancement of the field, providing new insights into how language could be taught and learnt (Tickoo, 2004).

One such approach that considerably contributed to language teaching and learning is Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) (Larsen-Freeman & Anderson, 2011). According to Richards and Rodgers (2014), the impact of CLIL on language teaching and learning has baffled even its earnest supporters. Though there have been studies on the effectiveness of CLIL in various contexts, research on the origins of CLIL is scarce (Hurajová, 2015; Muñoz Benito, 2020; Brunton, 2013). Moreover, studying the history of CLIL can help us better understand its current state (An, 2021). Therefore, the primary objective of this paper is to explore the origins of CLIL, from ancient Rome to modern Europe. In addition, the paper also discusses various definitions of CLIL. A systematic review method has been incorporated to carry out the study. The findings of the study could inform future research in language teaching and learning about the origins of CLIL.

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Ravi Prakash Jalli, M.A., Research Scholar
National Institute of Technology Warangal, India
jr720121@student.nitw.ac.in

Dr. B. Spoorthi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
National Institute of Technology Warangal, India
spoorthi.b@nitw.ac.in
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