This conference welcomes researchers, teachers and trainee teachers and teacher educators interested in using cross curricular language learning techniques to increase motivation, confidence and attainment.

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If you would like to submit a paper for the conference further information can be found here (DOCX, 93KB), along with a submission form.

Download a programme for the event with keynote speaker biographies (DOCX, 391.1KB).

Topics include

• The impact of CLIL and immersion techniques on pupils’ motivation and progress;
• CLIL pedagogy in EAL contexts
• Practical ideas for increasing cognitive challenge, motivation and engagement in the primary and secondary classroom
• How cross curricular learning can support pupils who will take England’s new language exams
• What we can learn from other countries

Keynote speakers to date

• Professor Do Coyle, University of Edinburgh
• Associate Professor Russell Cross, University of Melbourne
• Dr Kim Bower, Sheffield Hallam University
• Dr Yvonne Foley, The University of Edinburgh, EAL and CLIL pedagogy

Presentations and discussions of

• CLIL’s development in Anglophone countries
• Approaches to immersion
• CLIL approaches to EAL, ESP and TESOL
• Transition KS2-3
• Motivation
• Optimal cognitive challenge
• Making classroom language real language
• Age relevant content
• Intercultural awareness

Sessions will cover

• Main talks/workshops led by practitioners from successful CLIL and immersion projects including Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form
• Show and tell from language teachers
• Primary and secondary workshops by practitioners