The Multiplicity of Pre-primary CLIL in Finland

Karita Mård-Miettinen; Anu Palojärvi; Katri Hansell; Kristiina Skinnari; Josephine Moate

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-04768-8_11

The Multiplicity of Pre-primary CLIL in Finland

Karita Mård-Miettinen
, Anu Palojärvi
, Katri Hansell
, Kristiina Skinnari
, Josephine Moate

Education

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Abstract

Finland has language-friendly national curricula that aim to support the presence of the two national languages, Finnish and Swedish as well as other languages, and to foster bi- and multilingual language development. These curricula have encouraged many early years education units in Finland to take the opportunity to engage with languages in innovative ways, for example, by implementing various types of extensive (large-scale) and less extensive (small-scale) content and language integrated (CLIL) arrangements in different languages. This chapter provides an overview of CLIL in the Finnish- and Swedish-medium pre-primary systems in Finland from its national spread and implementations to its curriculum goals. The chapter also provides three research-based examples of pre-primary CLIL in English, Finnish and Swedish that illustrate pedagogical approaches teachers in Finland implement when they integrate content and language learning in their everyday activities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of CLIL in Pre-primary Education
Editors	Ana Otto, Beatriz Cortina-Pérez
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Pages	169-183
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-04768-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-04767-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04768-8_11
Publication status	Published - May 2023
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

Publication series

Name	Springer International Handbooks of Education
Volume	Part F1633
ISSN (Print)	2197-1951
ISSN (Electronic)	2197-196X

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Acknowledgements The writing of this chapter has been supported by The Innovative Map and Compass for Language Education (IKI), a spearhead project (2018–2021) funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, OKM/87/592/2018.

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Björklund, S. (Principal Investigator), Hansell, K. (Co-Principal Investigator), Forsman, L. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Pärkkä, M. (Co-Investigator)
01/08/19 → 31/08/21
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Handbook of CLIL in Pre-primary Education . ed. / Ana Otto; Beatriz Cortina-Pérez. Springer, Cham, 2023. p. 169-183 (Springer International Handbooks of Education; Vol. Part F1633).

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