
Viele CLIL Methoden unterstützen aufgabenbasierte und handlungsorientierte Ansätze. Die Lernenden arbeiten an sinnvollen Aufgaben oder Projekten, die realen Situationen ähneln: eine Kampagne planen, ein Problem lösen, ein Experiment durchführen oder Ergebnisse präsentieren. Sprache wird als Werkzeug eingesetzt, um Dinge zu erledigen, und nicht als Selbstzweck. Diese Aufgaben führen oft zu einem konkreten Ergebnis wie z.B. einer Präsentation, einem Poster, einem Bericht oder einer Diskussion.
Anders gefragt: Is there any method that is typical of CLIL?
Generally, one could argue that any method which helps students understand a concept by making use of a foreign language can be considered a CLIL method. However, it may be useful to approach this question in a slightly more strategic way.
So, in what ways is language a tool? It can be used for reading, watching, listening, writing, or speaking—and language teachers have developed hundreds of ideas to train all of these skills. By drawing on such ideas, CLIL teachers can support their students in understanding new concepts.
Take the example of teaching compliance to future managers. A traditional approach might be to hand out a text explaining compliance and then ask a few comprehension questions—a real classroom classic. But what if the teacher started with a pre-reading task instead? For instance, students could first discuss in pairs which rules might be important for any business that wants to be successful.
This could be followed by a task-based scenario: You and your partner run a manufacturing company. Recently, you have had problems with neighbours complaining about the behaviour of your employees. Think of three or four concrete complaints. At this point, the teacher hands out the text, which now serves a clear purpose: it helps students understand the concept of compliance and supports them in solving the task.
As a post-reading activity, students could be asked to produce a set of rules that employees will have to follow in the future in order to address the complaints and maintain good relations with the neighbourhood.
In order to provide more targeted support for CLIL teachers, we will explore such ideas in more detail in upcoming blog posts.









