Is CILLL the New CLIL? (Part 2)

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Channel: Cambridge University Press ELT · 2010 · Education

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Philip Prowse's interactive session explores how extensive reading can aid the development of critical thinking, with examples from Cambridge English Readers.

CILLL is an invented acronym for Content in Language Learner Literature. Original fiction dealing with controversial or sensitive contemporary issues can stimulate a genuine response to text, rather than using it as a pretext for language practice. 

For more infomation on Cambridge University Press' readers, go to: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/item382366/Readers/?site_locale=en_GB

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