Being a teacher of english at the university I'm very often confrontated with the students' needs. They need to know ENGLISH, of course! But they have special vocabulary needs. They need to know how to operate with specific fields of expertise, but it english. That is, for the language teacher, a great challenge. Greater than I ever imagined, I should add! I do know english, but I don't know (or didn't know) the english used by electricians, civil engineers, librariens, managers....
Is this CLIL? It is a kind of CLIL. I would not dare to clame it CLIL, but it is a kind of CLIL... it is in the universe of CLIL - hence, the name of the blog - IN THE WORLD OF CLIL
