Implementation of Content and Language Integrated Learning at Schools in Latvia

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dc.contributor.authorIndra Karapetjana
dc.contributor.authorGunta Roziņa
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T06:49:46Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T06:49:46Z
dc.date.issued2017-11-06
dc.description.abstractThe European Union supports multilingualism and promotes the learning of foreign languages since their knowledge enhances understanding among peoples and increases employability. To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of foreign language education in schools, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has been promoted in Europe; this has influenced ways in which Latvia nowadays approaches bilingual education. A qualitative case study was undertaken to explore the implementation of CLIL at schools in Latvia, CLIL being seen as an element of bilingual education. This article outlines the development of CLIL in Latvia, which is largely embedded in national level policies which have a substantial effect on the development of bilingual education and CLIL. It also clarifies the aims of this educational approach in the context of the present education challenges and assesses its potential in Latvia. It can be observed that education policies in Latvia not only aim at strengthening the ethnic minority learners’ knowledge of Latvian, but also at changing from the focus on second and foreign language learning outcomes to the emphasis on an integrated view on the development of language and non-linguistic subject content.
dc.identifier.issn2320-7655
dc.identifier.issn2320-8805
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.15415/iie.2017.52011
dc.identifier.urihttps://demodspace.chitkara.edu.in/handle/123456789/589
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherChitkara University Publications
dc.subjectmultilingualism
dc.subjectCLIL
dc.subjectBilingual education
dc.subjectCase study
dc.subjectLatvia
dc.titleImplementation of Content and Language Integrated Learning at Schools in Latvia
dc.typeArticle

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