January - 2019

Upcoming event: CLIL Connect Conference 2019—CLIL and Multilingual Education in the Netherlands and

This two-day conference is intended to give researchers and teachers from both sides of the Dutch-Flemish border the opportunity to connect and learn from each other. Day 1 will focus on research, providing a platform for the presentation of completed studies and discussion around new projects, as well as the opportunity to reflect on possible new directions for research. The keynote address, CLIL research in the Netherlands and beyond: An outsider’s perspective from the insi

Upcoming event (1 June, 2019): CLIL in Higher Education summer school opportunity at Utrecht Univers

This is a practical CLIL (content and language integrated learning) methodology course for teachers and lecturers working through English in higher education (HE). The course is focused on understanding, expertise, and skills related to CLIL and English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education. The course is practical and for those who would like to learn to involve students more in learning. Registrations close 1 June 2019. For more information see: https://www.utrechtsu

Call for abstracts (4 February, 2019) for a themed ReN symposium on CLIL as an Instructional Practic

In collaboration with the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers’ Associations (AFMLTA), the ReN will contribute a special symposium as part of the 22nd AFTMLTA International Languages Conference (7-9 July, 2019, Hobart, Australia). This biennial conference is aimed at language teachers, language teacher educators, and language education researchers. The Australian language education community has become increasingly interested in CLIL’s potential for mainstream ed

Call for abstracts (15 February, 2019): CLIL ReN symposium for graduate/early career researchers (31

As part of the graduate conference for emerging researchers in linguistics and philosophy, which will take place at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) between 29 and 31 May, there will be a specific symposium on CLIL. If you are doing your PhD on CLIL and would like to share your research with other graduate CLIL researchers, please submit your details and short 250 word abstract for consideration by clicking here by 15 February, 2019. The symposium will take place on the

New Journal: CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education

The CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education is an online peer-reviewed practitioner-oriented journal that includes articles in Catalan, English, or Spanish. Based on current theory and research, the journal seeks to build common ground among teaching professionals and scholars by promoting a triadic discussion involving theory, empirical research and innovative practices, in the hope that this may lead to a better understanding of p

Upcoming event: 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism (25-27 March, 2019, Malta)

The 2nd International Conference on Bilingualism will be held 25-27 March, 2019, featuring keynotes by Professors Jasone Cenoz, Anne Pauwels, Durk Gorter, and David Lasagabaster. The conference is interdisciplinary, with both theoretical and applied research from across different areas of linguistics related to bilingualism. For more information see: https://www.um.edu.mt/events/bilingualism2019 #Malta

Upcoming event: The 12th J-CLIL research meeting (2 February, 2019, Tokyo, Japan)

J-CLIL’s 12th research meeting will be held at Waseda University (Room 582, Building 36, Toyama Campus), 2-5pm, 2 February, 2019. This meeting will feature two presentations in Japanese: CLIL of Japanese Culture and Kanji (Chinese Characters) (Tsuyako Hayashi, Graduate School Student of Mejiro University) CLIL in Japan: Attempts of CLIL teacher education across through forming a team across fields (Sanae Saito, Tokai University) For more information see: https://www.j-clil.co

Reminder! Final call for abstracts (7 February, 2019) for a special ReN symposium: CLIL as a Multili

In collaboration with the upcoming conference Cross-Curricular Language Learning: Putting CLIL into Practice (Sheffield Hallam University, 21-22 June, 2019), the ReN seeks abstracts to form a symposium special event as part of the second day of the conference. This biennial conference is aimed at issues for CLIL in predominantly Anglophone contexts. For information on the main conference see: https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/institute-of-education/events/cr

The website has finally arrived!

After a bit of technical wrangling (phew!), we’re excited to announce that the CLIL ReN website is back up and accessible! This aim of the site is to provide a central repository and archive of our regular bulletins, updates, and other related ReN information. It also provides links to subscribe to the ReN mailing list, and to send through information about events or publications you’d like to share in future bulletins. We’d love to hear from you so please do let us know what

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