Critical Aspects of CLIL: Development, Opportunities, and Challenges

This paper explores the evolution of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) as a teaching methodology that integrates language and content teaching. It traces the development of CLIL from its inception in the 1990s to its contemporary form as Pluriliteracies Teaching for Deeper Learning. The study examines the positive aspects of CLIL, including the development of critical thinking, content co-creation with students, and multilingual skills. However, the primary focus is on the critical aspects, particularly the risks associated with non-language teachers' lack of foreign language skills and the challenges of teaching culturally loaded subjects such as history.