Scientific journal
Научное обозрение. Педагогические науки
ISSN 2500-3402
ПИ №ФС77-57475

PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIMENT OF IMPLEMENTING THE RUSSIAN-ENGLISH CLIL (CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING) MODEL IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Zaripova R.R. 1
1 Kazan (Volga region) Federal University
The author has developed the Russian-English CLIL(Content and Language Integrated Learning) model in high school, aimed at forming cognitive/academic language proficiency in students. CLIL recommended by the European Commission for use in higher education, because, firstly, language is used as a medium for learning content, and the content is used in turn as a resource for learning languages; secondly, learning a foreign language does not require extra teaching hours in the curriculum that promotes intensification of professional training in high school. Theoretical framework of CLIL is based on the L.S. Vygotsky’s theory of the relationship between thought and language, J. Cummins BICS / CALP theory and Bloom’s taxonomy. The model was implemented in Kazan Federal University (KFU) for Humanities students’ who studied the subject “Mathematical foundations for information science”, lasting 72 hours (2 credits). To check effectiveness of the model, a teaching experiment was held in 2011-2014 in KFU. The paper presents and analyzes the results.