ELL Support Through Content and Language Integrated Learning

About This Event

This webinar is a part of the RIPE (Research Informed Practice in Education) Webinar series that explores the interconnectedness of educational theory, research, and practice.

Given the increasing number of English language learners in English medium instruction schools, there is an immediate need to adopt teaching and learning approaches that advocate for whole-school language learning support. This session will put forward the argument that content and language-integrated learning (CLIL) could be one of the approaches to centre learners in the teaching and learning processes. The talk will begin with a review of UNESCO’s 4 Pillars of Education and how these can be achieved by prioritising literacy learning. The presentation will then introduce and discuss the implications of adopting the CLIL approach, with the ultimate goal of consciously promoting disciplinary literacy and pluriliteracy. Further implications in terms of teacher education, professional learning, and collaborative teaching and learning will be offered.

About the Speakers

Dr. Ahmed Hussain

Chief Education Officer, AISL

Dr. Ahmed Hussain is the Chief Education Officer with AISL. This position involves leading on educational strategy and operations across the Harrow group of schools in Asia. He is also an Associate Professor at the school of education at Durham University, a member of the editorial board of Research Journal: International Education Theory and Practice, a member of the expert panel for Pudong Education Bureau, Shanghai, and a Fellow of the Charter College for Teaching, UK.

Cris Barabas

Cris D. Barabas is the outgoing English Department head of an internationalised school in southern China. He has been teaching IBDP and IGCSE English courses for the past eight years and is an active senior examiner of DP English A. He will be commencing his PhD in Educational Studies (Language and Literacy) at McGill University in August 2022. He has an MA from the University College London. His research interests are queer pedagogy in language education, English medium instruction, and language and literacy learning (L1, L2, L3) of first and second-generation immigrant children/adolescents. He is co-editor of Global Neighbors Newsletter, a publication of TESOL International Association’s EFL interest section.