Professional Certificate in Education (CLIL)

Designed for those who teach subjects like science, maths or technology through a second language, the Professional Certificate in Education (Content and Language Integrated Learning) will enhance your skills and understanding of the relationship between language, concepts and cognition.

Focusing on the general pedagogical principles and practice entailed in teaching content through a second or foreign language, you'll explore the linguistic, sociolinguistic, cultural and cross-cultural issues that can impact on the success of such courses.

• Course code: GC-EDCLIL
• 6 months part-time
• 2 x compulsory 12.5 point subjects:
  1. Content Language Integrated Pedagogy
  2. Linguistics and Sociolinguistics of Content and Language Integrated Learning (offered online).

For detailed course and subject information, see the University Handbook: Professional Certificate in Education (Content and Language Integrated Learning).

This course will help you:

• understand the relationship between language, concepts and cognition
• differentiate between everyday language and specialist language
• apply theoretical and pedagogical principles to your teaching
• increase your competence in teaching your discipline in a second language
• plan teaching and assessment activities for your discipline in a second language