1. STUDY VISIT `CLIL in an inquiry- based classroom experience´ at the Canadian School of Warsaw,
Poland (3/10/2011 – 7/10/2011)
CEDEFOP.
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.
Lifelong Learning Program

2. PARTICIPANTS
COORDINATOR:
Agnieszka Chojnacka (Canadian
School of Warsaw, POLAND.)
PARTICIPANTS:
Kristina Nugin (Tallinn University,
ESTONIA.)
Gaëlle Bouvard (École
Maternelle_Saint Roch, FRANCE.)
Michael Wanick (Staadlicher
StudenSeminar für des Lehrant an
beruflichen Schülen Nordbayern,
GERMANY.)
Maria Giovanna Granata (Direzione
Didáctica de Gasperi. Palermo,
ITALY)
Anca Popovici (Asociata Demetrius,
ROMANIA)
Maricruz Arcos Sorando (Centro de
Formación y Recursos, Teruel. SPAIN)
Ana Isabel Ferreirós Rey (CEIP RÍA
DE VIGO, VIGO, SPAIN)
Mª José Román Pomares (CEFIRE,
ELCHE, SPAIN)
Dilwyn Jones (Flintshire Education
Department, Wales UNITED
KINGDOM)

3. THE CANADIAN SCHOOL OF WARSAW. PRIMARY EDUCATION
CLIL vs. bilingual
education
Collaboration
and support Enthusiasm,
between commitment
teachers and and expertise
leaders

4. THE CANADIAN SCHOOL OF WARSAW. PRIMARY EDUCATION
High
expectations
Quality of
discussion
from memory
Impressive
Assessment teachers skill
in eliciting
information
Management
Grade 5 of aspergers
observation pupils
Natural
Approach to
building
fluency
Register

5. CSoW. Pre- School. (Smilies)
Learners aware of their own
learning:
• Developing learning about
learning skills.
• Metacognition.
Learning:
• Multisensory: Effectivity.
• Inquiry- method:
1. - Appropiate.
2. - Constructed presentation.
3. - Scafolding of learning.

6. CSoW. Middle School
Quality
Collaborative
Planning and
Planning:
Portfolios
Continuity
Progression in
Content
Inquiry
Techniques:
- Provocation
- Problem solving

7. Malgorzaza Byke Doctoral research:
Her speech raised the discussion of whether schools are
bilingual if they only use 30% English and the final exam is
in their mother tongue, assessing only content rather
than acquired language skills.

8. COMPARING CLIL APPROACHES BY PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES
COUNTRIES
SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
SPANISH SYSTEM Integrating content and language. Lower ratio of students in the CSoW,
Aim for collaboration. implying better quality of practice.
The Bavarian Method Activating teaching methods. Higher qualification of German
Teachers switch to native language teachers.
when necessary.
ROMANIAN SYSTEM English is the most used language in National Geography and History can
CLIL. only be taught in their native language.
Teachers can decide the proportion of
time devoted to CLIL.
ESTONIA SYSTEM CLIL is practiced from kindergarden to -The Curriculum.
High School.
Transdisciplinary.
THE FRENCH SYSTEM The rise of private schools and Some structures create federate
selection of students. teachers.
ITALIAN SYSTEM Lack of legislation Cooperation of two teachers teaching
together.
THE NATIONAL The Five Essential Elements (Range, All teachers are teachers of language
CURRICULUM IN WALES. Skills, Framework skills, pupil voice and promote cultural awareness.
UK. and well – being)

9. CHALLENGES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
The great
challenge is
having `fluent´
qualified
teachers
More Effective
Involve the
Training Courses
whole school
involving action
community and
research as well
institutions in
as practical
the educative
enquiry models
process
and networking.
Promote The creation of
collaboration an innovative
between the curriculum
Educative based on task
organizations, work to promote
Institutions and the enquiry
Universities method

10. EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE AND ASSESSMENT THAT CAN BE
TRANSFERRED TO OTHER COUNTRIES
The Wales Self –
Skills assessment of
framework CLIL teachers
document used in France
The Estonian
National
The PYP
Curriculum
program
pre – school
2008

11. CREATING FUTURE NETWORKS
The Study Visit has
given us an
opportunity to create
links between
ourselves and the host
institution for future
Comenius Projects, as
well as to create links
between existing
networks we are
involved in.

12. Created by Ana Isabel
Ferreirós Rey and
based on the
participants group
report of the Study
Visit.