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In this section, you will find a number of articles, which have been written to help you develop your skills and knowledge as a teacher in the professional practice 'Understanding educational policies and practices'. From primary-aged students to adult learners of English, the articles you will find here are practical, insightful and full of ideas to support your teaching and planning for all kinds of classrooms.

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Young learner terminology

Are you using the correct terms for your young learners ?
A child is defined as anyone who has not reached their 18th birthday (UNCRC 1989). Within this age range children go through different life-stages as they pass from pre-school, to primary school and to secondary school.

Content and Language Integrated Learning

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has become the umbrella term describing both learning another (content) subject such as physics or geography through the medium of a foreign language and learning a foreign language by studying a content-based subject.

Content-based instruction

In recent years content-based instruction has become increasingly popular as a means of developing linguistic ability.

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