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CLIL in Comparison with PPP: A Revolution in ELT by Competency-Based Language Education

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This chapter deals with CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) in Japan, focusing on maths CLIL at a primary school. It begins with the theoretical discussion on CLIL and the overview of its implementation in Japan. The chapter then describes the innovative maths CLIL programme at an independent primary school and analyzes an actual CLIL lesson in comparison with a PPP (Presentation–Practice–Production) class conducted by the same teacher. Based on lesson observations and teacher interviews, the chapter argues that CLIL does not only offer an enriched language learning environment, but broadens the scope of language education by engaging students in content-rich and cognitively demanding tasks, which helps learners develop their general purpose competences.

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    Makoto Ikeda

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  1. Department of Education, Anaheim University, Anaheim, CA, USA

    Hayo Reinders

  2. Department of Languages, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

    Hayo Reinders

  3. School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    Stephen Ryan

  4. Department of Languages, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

    Sachiko Nakamura

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Ikeda, M. (2019). CLIL in Comparison with PPP: A Revolution in ELT by Competency-Based Language Education. In: Reinders, H., Ryan, S., Nakamura, S. (eds) Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12567-7_3

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