Transcript Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen

Will CLIL kill BE?
• Why are you here?
• University?
• Private groups?
• BE or ‘authentic’
materials?
• English or Content?
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To BE or not to BE?
• University Challenges
• A Triangular Problem?
• CLIL experiences
• Business English or Business in
English? Future Scenarios for BE
Teachers
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How did we get here?
BA
MA
And where are we going?
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The Environment
CLIL = a European response to
• 500m, 27, 23, 3, 60, 175
• Globalisation
• Internationalisation
English =
lingua franca academica
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Languages in the EU
• German
• French
• English
• Italian
• Spanish
• Suomi
24%
16%
16%
16%
11%
1%
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12%
31%
2%
4%
0%
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Business Studies Courses in
English in Germany
• On DAAD website – 100 BAs in
English
• 53 BAs Economics, Law, Social
Sciences
• 251 Master Programmes
• And Content Courses in English
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Die Zeit (05.04.2011) 34 FH Jobs
with English or English in Ad
e.g. FH Mainz
• Eine volle Professur
• für Wirtschaftsprüfung und
Rechnungswesen
• Besoldungsgruppe W 2 (BBesG)
• Die Stelle erfordert die
Wirtschaftsprüferqualifikation, herausragende
Kenntnisse und Berufserfahrung in einem
internationalen Umfeld sowie die Fähigkeit und
Bereitschaft in englischer Sprache zu lehren.
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FH Furtwangen
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Professorship (W 2)
for International Economics
to begin preferably in the summer semester 2012 or, at the latest,
winter semester 2012/13.
You have an international business background, especially in Latin
English is
a working and teaching language
in our business school; foreign applicants are
America, and have experience teaching students.
expected to learn German in two years. Our professors not only teach
in English and preferably also Spanish for this position at the
bachelors and masters levels, but also conduct research, assume
management functions in the school, manage projects, interface with
industry and with international partner universities, and contribute in
general to the interdisciplinary approaches we follow.
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WHU (16.10.2011)- Otto Beisheim
School of Management is now
inviting applications for the position of
a Full Professor of Management
Applicants should have a) a solid academic qualification (e.g. PhD or
Habilitation) in Business Administration or a related area; b) an
outstanding international reputation in the area of leadership and
human resource management; c) a strong record in generating
research funding and d) a demonstrated commitment to excellence in
teaching. The successful candidate is expected to have established an
international reputation as a researcher in the field of leadership and
human resource management with an outstanding publication record.
We expect the applicants to be able to teach courses on bachelor,
master and PhD levels. It is also expected that the candidate can offer
courses at the postgraduate and executive level. The candidate should
contribute to cultivating an environment of excellence and collaboration
in order to further increase the reputation of the Strategy &
Organization Group at WHU. Teaching experience in English is required.
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The CLIL Triangle
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Students‘ views
• Teachers –
L1 or L2?
Bildungsbericht 2010 results
• Reading - harder, but good for you!
• Speaking – L1 or L2 – International
experience
• Writing / Exams …
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Exam results
– 60 mins
• Leadership and
Organisation
• 59 students
• 45 in English
• 8 in German
• 6 both
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Students with
1,0 – 4 in E
1,3 – 5 in E
1,7 – 9 in E
1,7 – 2 in De
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CLIL Issues for you
• Native or Non-native teachers?
• Content teachers or Language
teachers?
• L1 of students
• Added value or reduces content?
• Work load
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CLIL –
Internationally
• IATEFL conference – CLIL specific
workshops = about 15 mentioned in
title
• CLIL around the world:
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Juarez University/Mexico
Shangtou University/China
Copenhagen University/Denmark
Ecole des Ponts ParisTech/France
School Maths in Holland
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CLIL Survey
(Germany 2008)
 23 FH university lecturers – Business Studies
departments
 17 Germans, 4 US, 1 UK, 1 Polish
 Aged: 28 – 67 (18 = aged 35-55)
 6 females, 17 males
 Survey 2 – teachers with no CLIL experience
 Survey 3 – student responses
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CLIL Survey
Results summary
Teacher’s language ability (self assessment CEF
levels non-native speakers)
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Don’t know
B2
C1
C2
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30%
21.7%
8.7%
39.1%
(N:=23)
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Teacher’s opinions
on CLIL
 Prepares students for business world:
(95.7%)
 Means students learn less: (60%
disagreed)
 Reduces teaching quality (if non-native
speakers teach): 1/3 agreed, 1/3
disagreed, 1/3 didn’t know
 Doubles workload for teacher (60%)
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CLIL Survey
Results summary
Most difficult for non-native
teachers:
Correcting written exams
Assessing presentations
Preparing lectures / seminars
Delivering lectures / seminars
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CLIL Survey –
English weighting
 Teachers thought English language
competence should weighted at
between 10-25%
 Students thought 25-50%!
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University Challenges
• A new approach to ELT
• How should University CLIL
courses be taught?
• Who can teach these?
• What training or qualifications do
CLIL teachers need?
• Exams, marking & assessment?
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University Responses
• Business English taught alongside
Content Courses taught in English
• Content Teachers receive some
English coaching
• Team Teaching: Content Teachers
work together with EFL teachers
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How did we get here?
MA
BA
And where are we going?
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The CLIL Triangle
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The CLIL Diamond
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BA
LT
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Further References
• http://ec.europa.eu/languages/news/20080918commission-communication-on-multilingualism_en.htm
• http://jobs.zeit.de/
• David Graddol, 2007, English Next Why global English
may mean the end of
‘English as a Foreign Language’
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-researchenglish-next.pdf
Future Conference: 18-20 April 2012 Freiburg
http://www.sli-konferenzmehrsprachigkeit.de/index.php?&L=0
Chaz Pugliese, 2011, ‘doubts about CLIL’ in IATEFL Voices,
Issue 223
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