Table 1 Case studies profiles
From: Building science through questions in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms
School | Teacher | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|
Case 1 (CS1) | Urban mixed-gender gymnasium (in Hamburg, Germany). Emphasis on the teaching of languages and a bilingual education. | Alexandra—Native German-speaker. | 3 classes: one in grade 11 and two in grade 10. |
It offers an International Baccalaureate (IB) program in the last two upper years on a voluntary basis. | 6 years CLIL teaching experience (12 years teaching experience overseas before that) | Students are aged 15 to 17 | |
Case 2 (CS2) | Urban mixed-gender gymnasium (in Berlin, Germany). | Emma—Native German speaker. | 3 classes: one in grade 11 and two in grade 10. |
It offers a bilingual education to some of its classes. | 2 years CLIL teaching experience (15 years overall teaching experience). She teaches both Biology and English (as a Foreign Language) | Students are aged 15 to 17 | |
Case 3 (CS3) | Urban mixed-gender Liceo (in Trento, Italy). | James—Native American English-speaker. | 4 classes: in grade 11. |
Emphasis on the teaching of modern languages (Liceo Linguistico). It offers a bilingual education in some subjects to all students. | 6 years CLIL teaching experience | Students are aged 16 to 17 |