CLIL – Content Language and Integrated Learning

Who is this course for?

This is an intensive professional training course for primary and secondary school teachers who have little or no CLIL experience, but who want to know more and are aiming to teach subjects such as history, economics or science through the medium of English in the future.

Format

This CLIL course is a one-week course consisting of 20 lessons, plus 5 integrated off-site activities or excursions as part of an extensive cultural and social programme.

  • 20 lessons of group tuition / week

  • + 5 integrated off-site activities or excursions / week

  • Duration: 1 week

  • Level: Upper-intermediate (B2)

  • Location: Dublin

Course Dates

April 2026 July/August/September 2026 October 2026
6th April (Dublin) 13th July (Dublin) 19th October (Dublin)
17th August (Dublin)
7th September (Dublin)
Group Bookings (minimum 7 people): Available upon request every week. Please send us your details using this form.

Course Aims

By attending this CLIL course you will:

  • Explore techniques for scaffolding language and content.
  • Gain a better understanding of how to plan lessons with both content and language in mind.
  • Become more efficient and more competent in designing CLIL teaching materials and be more confident in delivering CLIL lessons.
  • Develop your own English language skills.
  • Establish contact with teachers from a variety of education systems to facilitate future networking.

Methodology

This is a practical course which uses real teaching and learning examples. Teachers completing the course will return home with immediate, practical ideas to implement in their own teaching practice.

Participants are expected to actively participate in the workshops, reflecting on their own beliefs and practice, and sharing thoughts, ideas and expertise in pair work, small groups and with the class as a whole.

During the course participants will also take part in a range of activities where they will be encouraged to develop their language skills in a more informal environment outside the classroom and further enhance their knowledge of contemporary Ireland.

Course Programme & Sample Timetable 

  • An increased awareness of strategies and techniques for planning and teaching successful CLIL lessons

  • Practical implementation of CLIL teaching methodology in the classroom

SAMPLE TIMETABLE CONTENT LANGUAGE & INTEGRATED LEARNING DUBLIN 2026

(Sample)MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday
9:00 -13:00Session 1: Course Orientation

CLIL Fundamentals: Learning Principles, Teachers’ Roles, European Dimension
Activity:
Trinity College and Book of Kells
OR
EPIC (Irish Emigration Museum)
Session 1: Teaching and Dealing with Vocabulary in the CLIL ClassroomActivity:
MoLi - Museum of Literature Ireland
OR
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Session 1: Analysing a CLIL Lesson and Sharing Effective Teaching PracticesFull day excursion to Howth OR Malahide
Session 2:
Lesson Frameworks and Planning for CLIL
Session 2:
Local Irish History
OR
Sustainable Cities - Dublin and Gentrification
Session 2: Course Review

Criteria for Success in CLIL: Dos and Don’ts

End of course Irish Coffee
13:30 - 17:30Activity:
Orientation tour of the City
Session 1: Guiding Input: Adapting and Exploiting TextsActivity:
Walk and Talk Tour - Local History
OR
Walk and Talk Tour - The Liberties
Session 1: Effective Assessment in CLIL: Content or Language?Free Afternoon (Option: Join our Film and Fluency Club)
Session 2:
Supporting Output: Ways to Support Speaking and Writing (Graphic Organisers in CLIL. Scaffolding tools to support learning)
Session 2: Designing and Evaluating Materials for CLIL
For group bookings (minimum 7 people), to ensure your course meets your development objectives, the schedule of sessions on every course is drawn up and agreed with each group of participants and Erasmus Plus coordinators on the basis of pre-course training needs analysis questionnaires.

 

Follow up

Participants on the course are encouraged to keep in contact, sharing materials and experiences when back in their own classrooms. Follow-up contact is made with the participants after completion of the course to gather feedback on the effectiveness of the classroom activities presented and on how their teaching practice has been developed.

Price List

1 - week training course

495
  • Programme includes materials, excursions and activities.

Additional Fees 2026

Dublin

  • Homestay Accommodation: €295 / week (single room, half-board) + €75 accommodation placement fee
  • Residential Accommodation:
    • Atlas Residence Rathmines (single room, half-board) €395/ week + €75 accommodation placement fee
    • Brickfield Lane (single room, self-catering) €430/ week + €75 accommodation placement fee
    • Brickfield Lane (twin room, self-catering) €330/ week + €75 accommodation placement fee
  • Please note there is a €40 per week Summer Supplement for residential and homestay stays between Jun 13th – Sept 6th 2026.