5/31/2023 0 Comments Angela panzarellaAt the same time, new schools appeared to the horizon, looking for a similar experience and they were given the chance of starting new experimental projects of bilingual education with CLIL modules. Each school chose its new educational offer: no less than 5 hours per week in English, since year one and switching to a CLIL approach more than just one or two subjects in English language. The project came to an end but it was proposed to include the experience in the school curriculum. Six national schools started the IBI-BEI project (7 hours per week in English per class, since year 1 of primary school, with three subjects taught entirely in English language). After years of teaching in upper secondary schools, I moved to primary school because of a project of bilingual education sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Education, together with the regional school office of Lombardy and British Council. And, of course, using digital devices as further means of education, allows our students to be more responsible and have more knowledge about eSafety and the risks surrounding the net. Children are digital natives and they feel more motivated if they can experiment through tools which appear to them more appealing and at hand. It is here that the philosophy of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is becoming more and more relevant, even in primary schools. In such a context, the importance of digital devices, which are daily explored by our students, is reaching a new level of discussion. ![]() ![]() The spread of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is giving a new appeal to language teaching and so are new technologies for teaching with webtools used for didactic aims. It is furthermore clear that Europe is investing in supporting bilingualism/second language acquisition through different actions.īYOD and bilingual education in primary school: a 100% technoCLIL approach ![]() That is because social and cultural demands, together with the expansion of a multicultural society and mobility, are among the main objects of discussion within EU. The field of Internationalism is focusing more and more on the importance of second language acquisition and bilingual education since primary years.
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