Across five days of input sessions, workshops and project work, participants explore how to make subject content accessible in English, how to support learners to speak and write about that content, and how to assess content and language fairly. Each day starts with a core session for the whole group, followed by a workshop in sector groups (primary, secondary and vocational), where trainers show how the same technique changes for different ages and settings.

Key themes include:

• The core concepts of CLIL: the 4Cs, hard and soft CLIL, and how CLIL fits your own teaching context
• Language in CLIL: identifying the language demands of your subject, and using classroom language and teacher talk effectively
• Working with CLIL materials: choosing and adapting authentic texts, video and audio, and using AI tools to level and adapt resources
• Supporting speaking and writing: scaffolding learner output with frames, models and well-designed tasks
• Assessment and planning in CLIL: assessing content and language separately, giving useful feedback, and writing a CLIL lesson plan

The course blends theory with practice. Participants experience a CLIL lesson as learners, analyse a text from their own subject for its language demands, adapt an authentic resource, and try out scaffolded speaking and writing tasks in short micro-teaching sessions with peer feedback. Examples come from primary, secondary and vocational classrooms, so teachers see the techniques working across a wide range of subjects and ages.

The sector workshops are a key feature of the week. Primary teachers focus on routines, visual and hands-on support, and classroom language for young learners. Secondary teachers focus on academic language, subject genres and exam demands. Vocational teachers focus on workplace language, manuals and procedures, and work-based learning. On some days the groups mix, so participants can see how a technique adapts from one sector to another.

Throughout the week, participants use their project hours to build a complete CLIL lesson plan for their own learners. By the end they have a language support sheet for their subject, an adapted resource, scaffolded speaking and writing tasks and an assessment tool, which they present to the group for structured peer feedback. They also leave with a short plan for sharing CLIL practice with colleagues at home, which can be used for Erasmus+ dissemination.

By the end of the course, participants will have a clear understanding of how to integrate content and language, practical techniques they can use in their next lesson, and a lesson plan and set of resources they can adapt and share.

 The 1 week course can be combined with a General English course, to form a 2-week programme. Please contact us for details.

For teachers applying through the Erasmus Plus scheme the OID for ATC Language Schools is E10365795.