This article describes a small-scale research project in two schools using content and language integrated learning (CLIL), one English and one Austrian, where in both cases there had been considerable misgivings about appropriate forms of assessment to match the different kinds of language skill developed in the CLIL process. Teachers were…

Contrasts a bilingual Austrian school, which has German-speaking and English-speaking students and German and English as equal languages of instruction, with an independent school in the United Kingdom where German is taught intensively to students of all age groups. Focuses on the status of foreign languages, teacher recruitment, teaching…

Discusses the use of creative writing in second language classrooms, focusing on techniques that can help students construct their own poetry and poem-like creations in the target language. Maintains that student poetry can help enliven the classroom experience and allow students to express their own ideas. (39 references) (MDM)

Describes a two-year Anglo-French pilot project undertaken to develop a systematic program of study for understanding foreign cultures while learning the language of that culture. The teachers participating in the project integrated the project material with their own syllabuses and used it to extend their language skills. (eight references) (CK)

Examines alternative A-level syllabuses of second-language courses with a view to establishing what implicit definitions and interpretations of cultural learning they embody. The article focuses on that part of course content that fosters understanding of a foreign culture as an integral part of communicative competence. Assessment objectives are…

Focuses on an understanding of the term, "cultural awareness," and suggests the issue is clouded since the word "culture" lends itself to variable interpretation. In addition, the description of what is actually included under cultural awareness has undergone considerable changes as it appears in the different sequential National Curriculum…