1. CONTEXT:
BILINGUAL
PROGRAMMES
AND CLIL IN
SPAIN
G1469 – AICLE – Prof. Isadora Norman

2. CLIL and Bilingual Education in
Spain
 Co-official Languages
 Catalan (Valencian, Balearic)
 Galician
 Basque
 Foreign Language Teaching (FLT)
 Mother-Tongue Education

3. Co-official Languages
 1983: Ley de normalización
lingüística
 Legal framework for Bilingual
Education models
 Maintenance and promotion of
regional languages
 Socio-political implications

4. The Basque Country
MODEL A
Basque as a
second
language
Majority of learners are Spanish speakers
Basque is taught as a subject
Curricular subjects are taught in Spanish
4-5 hours of Basque as a second language per week
MODEL B
Bilingual
model
Majority of learners are Spanish speakers
50% of the curriculum in Basque and 50% in
Spanish
Percentages may vary by school
Goal is functional bilingualism
MODEL D
Total
immersion in
Basque
Basque and Spanish speakers
Spanish is taught as a subject
Curricular subjects are taught in Basque
Goal is language maintenance for Basque speakers

5. Catalonia
 Linguistic Immersion Model
 Possibility of Castillian Spanish instruction:
 Early stages of education
 Late-comers to the Catalan education system
 NEW: Through parent-led petitions
(Supreme court decision 2013)
http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20130226/supremo-
reconoce-derecho-escolarizacion-castellano-
pero-sin-cuestionar-inmersion/610659.shtml

6. Galicia
 Less early normalization than Catalonia and the Basque Country
 2010: Specific regional legislation passed promoting a bilingual
model
 http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/CCAA/ga-d79-2010.html#a5
 Nursery school:
 Mother tongue instruction
 Primary school:
 Science and Social Science must be taught in Galician
 Maths must be taught in Spanish
 Both Spanish and Galician are to be taught as subjects
 Secondary school:
 Social sciences and biological sciences must be taught in Galician
 Maths, technology, physics and chemistry must be taught in Spanish
 Both Spanish and Galician are to be taught as subjects

7. Bilingual Education in Spain -
FLT
Immersion policies
• Private Foreign Schools
• State funded schools in co-offical languages
British Council - MEC
• Bilateral Agreement
• 1996
CEFR
• British Council/MEC continues
• CC AA acquire competene to create and
organise PEBS
1995
2001

8. MEC – British Council
 82 Primary Schools
 42 Secondary Schools
 At least 40% of curriculum in L2 (English)
 Inclusion of cognitively demanding subjects
 Early start (3-4 years old)
 Support from native teachers
 Cantabria – IES Cantabria

9. PEBs: Common Features
 Regulated by regional legislation and
governments
 Voluntary participation by schools
 Additional budget (determined by CC AA)
 Minimum time commitment for teachers
 At least one subject taught using CLIL

10. PEBs: Getting Started
Project designed by school
Project approved by faculty and
school council
Project evaluated and approved by
the regional Department of Education
Project put into action

12. Key Reports:
 Los programas de enseñanza
bilingüe en Madrid. Un estudio
comparado (2010)
 http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?c=CM_InfPractica_FA&cid=1142623372595&idConsejeria=1109266187254&id
ListConsj=1109265444710&idOrganismo=1109266227481&language=es&pagename=ComunidadMadrid%2FEstr
uctura&sm=1109266100977
 Bilingual Education Project Spain.
Evaluation Report (2010)
 http://www.mecd.gob.es/educacion-mecd/dms/mecd/educacion-mecd/areas-educacion/sistema-
educativo/ensenanzas/ensenanzas-idiomas/centros-bilingues/bepevaluationreport-pdf.pdf

13. LOE and FL learning and
teaching
 Chapter 1, article 2: (Fines)
 j) La capacitación para la comunicación en la
lengua oficial y cooficial, si la hubiere, y en
una o más lenguas extranjeras.
 Chapter 3, Article 105:
 El reconocimiento del trabajo de los
profesores que imparten clases de su materia
en una lengua extranjera en los centros
bilingües

14. LOE and CLIL: Key
Competencies
 1. Competencia en comunicación lingüística
 2. Competencia matemática
 3. Competencia en el conocimiento y la interacción con
el mundo físico
 4. Tratamiento de la información y competencia digital
 5. Competencia social y ciudadana
 6. Competencia cultural y artística
 7. Competencia para aprender a aprender
 8. Autonomía e iniciativa personal

15. Mother Tongue Instruction
 Rare in Spanish system
 Diverse nature of the immigrant population
 Lack of resources
 Lack of teacher training
 Focus on integration through Spanish
 Intercultural Programmes
 Mediators
 Assistance for families