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Description
This practice-oriented workshop explores integrating guest speakers into CLIL courses to enhance authentic language use and content learning. Drawing from experiences inviting local entrepreneurs and community leaders, I demonstrate how guest lectures anchor project-based learning. Students model speakers' presentations, then propose real-world solutions using target language skills. The session covers practical considerations: identifying appropriate speakers, designing meaningful follow-up projects that leverage guest expertise while meeting language learning objectives, and addressing possible challenges.
Summary
This presentation explores how featuring guest speakers from outside academia enhanced engagement in a CLIL course through a project-based learning (PBL) approach. Designed for first-year International Studies students at a prefectural university, this CLIL unit centered on regional revitalization, challenging students to develop practical proposals. The session highlights how expert talks, digital tools, and structured PBL fostered student engagement and real-world application. Participants will explore strategies for integrating guest speakers into their own teaching contexts.
| Teaching Context | College and university education |
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