DOCUMENT RESUME ED 433 698 FL 025 927 AUTHOR Sjoholm, Kaj, Ed.; Bjorklund, Mikaela, Ed. TITLE Content and Language Integrated Learning: Teachers' and Teacher Educators' Experiences of English Medium Teaching. Publication No. 4. INSTITUTION Abo Akademi Univ., Vasa (Finland). Faculty of Education. ISBN ISBN-952-12-0414-1 ISSN ISSN-1236-0872 PUB DATE 1999-00-00 NOTE 169p. AVAILABLE FROM Faculty of Education, Abo Akademi University, PB311, 65101 Vasa, Finland; Tel: +358(0)6-3247111. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Bibliographies; Bilingual Education; Case Studies; Elementary Secondary Education; *English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; *Interdisciplinary Approach; *Language of Instruction; Physical Education; Program Descriptions; Science Instruction; Second Language Instruction; *Second Languages; Teacher Education; Vocabulary Development IDENTIFIERS *Content Area Teaching; *Finland ABSTRACT The publication on the integration of content area and second language instruction, focusing on the situation in Finland, consists of nine essays and a bibliography. The essays include: "Education in a Second or Foreign Language. An Overview" (Kaj Sjoholm); "Foreign Language Content Teaching in Teacher Education at Abo Akademi University" (Kaj Sjoholm); "The English Department at the Primary Level of Vasa Ovningsskola" (Anna-Brita Slotte); "Reflections on Teaching Content through English at the Lower Secondary Level of Vasa Ovningsskola" (Gun Jakobsson); "The International Baccalaureate Section at Vasa Ovningsskola" (Solveig Jungner); "Fairy Tales as Tools To Improve Vocabulary? A Vocabulary Test with 6-8 Year-Olds Within a TCE Programme" (Mikaela Bjorklund, Anna-Brita Slotte); "Science Teaching Through English" (Ole Bjorkqvist); "Teaching Physical Education Through a Foreign Language" (Thomas Friman, Jan-Erik Romar); "Place-Based Learning in Content-Based Language Programs" (Gregory Martin Imbur); and "Select Bibliography on Bilingual Education and Related Matters" (Mikaela Bjorklund, Kaj Sjoholm). (Contains 43 pages of references.) 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Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. luaEnc,Ls4arn TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ° Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent official OERI position cr policy. 1 Publications from the Faculty of Education,Abo Akademi University No 4 1999 BEST COPYAVAILABLE Department of Teacher Education IfASA Content and Language Integrated Learning Teachers' and Teacher Educators' Experiences of English Medium Teaching Kaj Sjoho lm & Mikaela Bjorklund (Eds.) Publications from the Faculty of Education, Abo Akademi University No 4 1999 The authors assume sole responsibilityfor the opinions expressed in the series Publications from the Facultyof Education. 1999 Printed on recycled paper © Faculty of Education, the authors Abo Akaderni University Faculty of Education Department of Teacher Education Publication No. 4 1999 SjOho lm, Kaj and Bjorklund, Mikaela (Eds.) Content and Language Integrated Learning. Teachers' and Teacher Educators' Experiences of English Medium Teaching. 166 p. Abstract The main aim of this report is to provide practising teachers and student teachers with an introduction to content and language integrated learning. The volume contains nine papers, including theoretical aspects of bilingual education, an overview of the training offered in Finland and in particular at the Department of Teacher Education at Abo Akademi University in this field, presentations of the content-based programmes presently practised at the different levels of Vasa ovningsskola, and also some teachers' and teacher educators' experiences of content-based language teaching. The report also contains a bibliography suggesting relevant readingson bilingual education and related matters, such as portfolio assessment and action research. Available from Abo Akademi University, Faculty of Education, PO Box 311,65101 Vasa, Finland Phone: +358-(0)6-3247 111 Fax: +358-(0)6-3247 302 Abo Akademi Pedagogiska fakulteten Institutionen for lararutbildning Publikation nr 4 1999 Sjoholm, Kaj och Bjorldund, Mikaela (red.) Amnesintegreradsprikundervisning.Lararesochlararutbildares erfarenheter av att undervisa pA engelska. 166 s. Abstrakt Syftet med denna rapport är att forse praktiserande larare och lararstuderande med en introduktion till amnesintegrerad sprAkundervisning. Volymen omfattar nio artiklar, som beskriver teoretiska aspekter av "tvAsprAkig utbildning", den utbildning som ges inom detta omrAde i Finland och vid institutionen for lararutbildning vid Abo Akademi, de amnesbaserade spraprogram som genomfors pa de olika stadierna vid Vasa ovningsskola, samt nagra larares och lararutbildares erfarenheter av och reflektioner kring amnesbaserad sprAkundervisning. Publikationen innehaller ocksa en bibliografi med forslag till relevant litteratur betraffande sprAkbad, amnesbaserad sprAkundervisning och amnen som anknyter till dessa, t.ex. portfolio utvardering och aktionsforskning. Bestallningsadress: Abo Akademi, Pedagogiska fakulteten, PB 311, 65101 Vasa, Finland Tel: +358-(0)6-3247 111 Fax: +358-(0)6-3247 302 Acknowledgements A publication like this would not have been possible without the financial and practical help of a number of persons and institutions. We would like to express our gratitude to the authors of the articles in this volume who have taken the time to complete their contributions in spite of many other duties. Our thanks are also due to the Head of Vasa ovningsskola, Hans Haggblom, who has been favourable to the project. We also gratefully acknowledge that the project has been supported financially by Abo Akademi University, the Ministry of Education, and the municipality of Vaasa. And not least, we feel indebted to Maria Svenfelt for practical and editorial help with the typescript. Table of Contents Introduction PART I: Bilingual education in-theory and practice 13 Education in a second or foreign language. An overview 15 Sjoholm, Kaj Foreign language content teaching in teacher education at Abo Akademi University 39 Sjoholm, Kaj The English Department at the primary level of Vasa ovningsskola 46 Slotte, Anna-Brita Reflections on teaching content through English at the lower secondary level of Vasa ovningsskola 54 Jakobsson, Gun The International Baccalaureate section at Vasa ovningsskola 62 Jungner, Solveig PART II: Some experiences of English content instruction 71 Fairy tales as tools to improve vocabulary? A vocabulary test with 6-8 year-olds within a TCE programme 73 Bjorklund, Mikaela and Slotte, Anna-Brita Science teaching through English 95 Bjorkqvist, Ole Teaching physical education through a foreign language 103 Friman, Thomas and Romar, Jan-Erik Place-based learning in content-based language programs 111 Imbur, Gregory Martin PART III: Bibliography/Recommended readings 121 Select bibliography on bilingual education and related matters 123 Bjorklund, Mikaela and Sjoho lm, Kaj Introduction The strong urge to include internationalization in the curriculum at all levels in the early nineties, brought about a change in Finnish school legislation. The new school law, made it possible to teach subject matter in a second or foreign language. E.g. Vasa ovningsskola started as early as 1991 different English medium programmes at the comprehensive school level. This made the need for teacher education in bilingual education and content-based language teaching but too apparent. Therefore the Department of Teacher Education at Abo Akademi University has provided pre-service courses in content-based language teaching since 1995 and in-service education and research in the field has recently started. This report is but a small step towards the development of research- driven information about content and language integrated learning in the Abo Akademi context. The report is mainly intended for student teachers and practising teachers as an introduction to content-based language teaching. The report is divided into three parts. The first part, called Bilingual education in theory and practice, provides the reader with an overview of the theoretical justification for bilingual education and content-based language teaching, presents the development of the optional courses in content-based language teaching offered at the Department of Teacher Education, and finally, describes the English medium programmes developed at Vasa ovningsskola. Part one starts with two articles by Kaj lm. In the first article he attempts to give an overview of the major features of bilingual education or content-based language instruction and presents the theoretical justification for introducing these kind of programmes. In the second article, Sjoho lm provides the reader with a brief overview of the development of English medium content teaching in teacher