Abstract
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an alternative approach for En- glish teaching and learning that is in focus in Thailand today. Preparing Thai content teachers to con dently use English as a means of instruction in the English integrated classroom just as they do in the Thai monolingual classroom takes time and long-term nancial investment. Creating a classroom language manual for mathematics teachers to promptly use is a way out for those professionals who struggle with language. This article aims to examine the possibility of providing prefabricated classroom language sentences to Thai content teachers who need language support in order to identify the appropriateness of the components of the manual and the language for classroom use, in order to create a motif of language support for other subjects. In addition, this paper aims to explore Thai mathematics teachers’ perception toward the CLIL classroom. The phrasebook design was based on a unit of mathematics at the primary level for 25 Thai mathematics teachers to implement in their classes. The results revealed that the designed prefabricated phrasebook could be a way out. Prefabricated phrases should respond to the speci cation of mathematics concepts for each level. Ultimately, the CLIL concept should be clearly established for Thai content teachers to make CLIL classes effective and possible. doi: 10.5294/laclil.2017.10.1.3
Highlights
This article aims to examine the possibility of providing prefabricated classroom language sentences to Thai content teachers who need language support in order to identify the appropriateness of the components of the manual and the language for classroom use, in order to create a motif of language support for other subjects
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a heteroglossic type of bilingual education which has been implemented in most European countries for more than two decades
All subjects are taught by Thai teachers; to provide students with exposure to English, mathematic teachers are encouraged to teach their classes in English
Summary
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a heteroglossic type of bilingual education which has been implemented in most European countries for more than two decades. In the teaching and learning process, there are two objectives for content and language being integrated in some kinds of mutually beneficial way so as to provide learners’. Thai educational system since Thailand is stepping into a period of social, trade and economic changes. English will become the dominant language in an area where the Thai educational system is traditionally monolingual. The bitter truth is Thailand was ranked very low in English proficiency, 62nd on English proficiency out of 70 countries by the Education.
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