Clil As An Intensification Methodology Of Foreign Language Learning

Abstract

The article is devoted to the realization of the idea of content and language integrated learning in the system of higher professional education and analysis of new concepts and approaches developed in methodological sphere, taking into account their influence on students motivation to learn a foreign language, since motivation is one of the most influential individual factors. The intensification of educational activity has always been one of the primary objectives of learning in general and, in particular, the teaching foreign languages to students of non-linguistic specialties. There are three most common integrated content-language approaches: ESP (English for special purposes); CLIL (Content and language integrated learning); EMI (English as Medium of Instruction).The author considers examples of approaches and models emerging in the Russian higher school for establishing interdisciplinary connections in the teaching of professional disciplines and foreign languages and evaluates their effectiveness in terms of enhancing the study of a foreign language by students of technical specialties.