Introduction

This publication has grown out of cooperation among members of the CLIL Cascade Network (CCN). CCN aims to bring together people and organisations working in the field of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) in order to share ideas, experiences and resources. CCN is funded by its member organisations and by the European Commission’s Life Long Learning Programme.

CLIL Practice: Perspectives from the Field does not aim to be a state-of-the-art description of CLIL. It seeks to open a window on current practitioner understandings and practices in the field of CLIL in Europe. Simultaneously, these multiple perspectives provide points of reference for discussion by CLIL practitioners about CLIL practice. In particular, this book hopes to engage CCN members in a critical dialogue about what is required to develop quality CLIL programming in a variety of different contexts.

CLIL profiles from various regions help to build insight into the complexity of managing the inevitable change process involved in establishing CLIL programmes. Classroom practice and reflections on teacher training detail how members of the CCN community are working to institute CLIL. Authors point out challenges they have faced and detail some of their solutions.

We gratefully acknowledge the authors and our fellow editors, who made this publication a reality and who are concomitantly working to build an active and vibrant CCN community.

David Marsh and Peeter Mehisto
Also on behalf of Dieter Wolff, Rosa Aliaga, Tuula Asikainen, María Jesús Frigols Martín, Sue Hughes, and Gisella Langé.