Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) : Conceptual Framework and Viability in the Indian Context (Journal Article)

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Abstract: The pedagogical experiments centring on language acquisition and content learning had, in the latter part of the previous century, resulted in methods that combined both. The synergy of combining content and language has proved to be beneficial to both these aspects. Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is one of the successful models that has attempted this integration in the classroom. The discourses that evolve in the classroom as part of a content-centred curriculum lead also to language learning. The various theories related to language learning and the experiments in the European Union and Asian countries have approved the success and practicality of CLIL. This paper probes the basic nuances of CLIL as an ELT methodology and its viability in the Indian context.