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Introduction published In: CLIL and Bilingual Education in the Netherlands
Edited by Tessa Mearns and Rick de Graaff
[Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics 7:2] 2018
► pp. 122–128

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Introduction

Bilingual education and CLIL in the Netherlands

The paradigm and the pedagogy

 | Leiden University
 | Utrecht University | University of Applied Sciences Utrecht


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Published online: 10 January 2019
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Abstract
The Netherlands is often held up an example of a ‘success story’ in terms of practices and research regarding the teaching and learning of subject content in a second language (De Graaff, R., & Van Wilgenburg, O. (2015). The Netherlands: Quality control as a driving force in bilingual education. In P. Mehisto & F. Genesee (Eds.), Building bilingual education systems: Forces, mechanisms and counterweights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar; Pérez-Cañado, M. L. (2012). CLIL research in Europe: Past, present, and future. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 15(3), 315–341. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar). Nearly 30 years after its initial beginnings, bilingual secondary education in the Netherlands continues to thrive and to evolve in fitting with educational demands, as does the research associated with it. This Special Issue includes contributions addressing Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) as a pedagogical approach in the context of bilingual education as a curricular paradigm, both specifically within the Dutch context. The issue contains six research articles from different perspectives, supported by discussions both from an international research standpoint and from the educational field. It is hoped that the publication of this issue will not only indicate a next stage for bilingual education policy and practice, but also give impetus to new areas for research.
Article outline
  • Context of this special issue
    • Language and secondary education in the Netherlands
    • Bilingual secondary education and CLIL in the Netherlands
      • Quality control
      • CLIL in the Netherlands: Curriculum organisation and pedagogical approach?
    • CLIL and bilingual education research in the Netherlands
  • Dutch CLIL and bilingual education through the eyes of this issue
  • References
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