Abstract
This paper aims to present the implementation of CLIL method in Greece as a pilot project in the 3rd Primary School in Evosmos Experimental School of the School of English in the academic year 2011-2012. This is Greece’s first official attempt to introduce CLIL in state primary education. The subject taught through the CLIL method was Geography and for the purpose of this study we examined the effect of CLIL instruction on (a) learners’ language competence in English, and (b) their content (subject) knowledge. 51 sixth-grade students (1112 years old) took part in the study; the control group (non-CLIL) consisted of 25 learners while the remaining 26 learners formed the experimental group (CLIL). The results of our study indicated both language and content gains for the CLIL learners involved and thus seem to support the continuation and extension of the project to other Greek primary schools.
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