Yu Zhang

Yu Zhang

March 31, 2026

CLIL approach, College English teaching, Language skills, Subject knowledge.

Content and Language Integrated Learning (abbreviated as CLIL) is a scientific teaching approach that combines content and language. Its core concept is to cultivate both language skills and subject knowledge simultaneously. Through integrating content and language learning, the CLIL approach achieves the dual improvement of language ability and subject literacy. Compared to the fragmented vocabulary and language expression in traditional college English teaching, the language teaching in the CLIL classroom places more emphasis on application in real contexts. All language materials, vocabulary and grammar teaching, and classroom output activities in the CLIL classroom are centered around the subject theme, allowing students to be in a real context throughout the entire class, which is more conducive to their learning, understanding, and memory. In practical application, the CLIL approach needs to fully consider the training of teachers and the specific circumstances of students to ensure the maximization of teaching effectiveness.

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