„Zintegrowane nauczanie językowo przedmiotowe szansą i wyzwaniem dla nowoczesnej szkoły.”
Start date: Jul 1, 2014,
End date: Jun 30, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Wojciech Korfanty Bilingual Junior High School in Mysłowice is one of 254 Polish bilingual secondary schools operating in
Poland ( as per the data from of 1.09.2013). Our project entitled “Content Language and Integrated Learning : a Chance and a
Challenge for a Modern School” was a response to the ever-changing reality of the contemporary world.
Modern education promotes foreign language methodology that shape up the autonomous thinking, judgement and action in
conjunction with the skill of responsible social activity. Not only does CLIL improve the language and subject skills, but within its
specificity it also rises the key competences.
CLIL is an effective tool designed to put into effect the language policy set forth in a European Council document entitled
„Common European Framework of References for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment ”, which strongly promotes
multilingualism and intercultural competence. These, on the other hand, are the natural added value of Content Language and
Integrated Learning. The others include, inter alia : a broader context for subject content, opportunity to see the subject from a
different perspective, an access to wider range of foreign language vocabulary and better preparation for professional work and
studies in the future.
The aim of our Project was to build up the proffessional competences of school staff : foreign languages teachers, management and
administrative staff. Each participant attended at least one of the following courses: " European Projects Management”, "CLIL : Content and
Language Integrated Learning", "Managing and Developing Self and Others”.
The main areas of the Project included: foreign languages teaching and learning, new innovative curricula and methodology, and
international cooperation. According to school strategy, the expected results included: improvement of the quality of work through
new innovative curricula and methodology, as well as school promotion through broader CLIL subject proposals.
The international projects provided a source of good practice exchange and resulted in fruitful school
cooperation. The improvement of school curricula and methodology, as well as international cooperation brought positive
changes to our school on the European level.
The management and administration courses allowed the definition of professional school staff development priorities
consequently leading to the fulfillment of strategy.
The participants of the Project disseminated its results in an attempt to promote CLIL and to draw attention to the urgent need
to define its role and place in Polish educational system.
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