Content & Language Integrated Learning
QSE is the first EFL course to offer CLIL as a seamless
part of every Unit. One of the most significant aims of recent educational
thinking has been to make learning a relevant preparation for the students'
real lives. This can mean not just vocational training but also to personal
development, citizenship, further education and the use of information
technology. In addition, educational reforms in many countries now emphasise
political, economic, historical and cultural world awareness, as globalisation
affects everyone's lives.
QSE features a cross-curricular CLIL (Content and Language
Integrated Learning) topic as part of every unit. Many of these reflect
the modern syllabus with subjects like Business Studies, Health and Fitness
and Law. The traditional curriculum subjects, such as maths, science and
geography, are also factors.
The QSE approach to CLIL also embraces a range of topics
that interest and are useful to students even if they are not being formally
studied. These include ideas such as Psychology, Human Rights, Globalisation,
Meteorology, Social Studies and Public Relations.
The objective of the cross-curricular sections is not primarily to add
to the students' own knowledge. Instead it is to equip students to extend
their understanding of the world through the use of a foreign language.
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