Teaching academic content through the medium of a foreign language has seen aggressive proliferation across European HE for some time and is known by various acronyms such as EMI, ICLHE or CLIL. Across Europe, English as medium of instruction is increasingly common, particularly in disciplines such as business, natural sciences, and engineering.

In my webinar, I will summarize some of the key research findings from secondary and mainly tertiary education across Europe about the success of this approach, before outlining how CLIL is implemented at one British university’s MFL department, showcasing examples of CLIL in practice.