Research and training in CLIL times: Meeting practitioners’ needs

The widespread implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) across school settings in Europe as an innovative effective means improving Foreign Language teaching, has triggered a profusion academic research on its tenets rewards. focus been theoretical discussions CLIL’s ins outs few empirical studies key players’ views regarding efficacy. A consistent outcome the latter call made by CLIL practitioners for more guidance practical application this approach. goal study is to encourage shift from theoretically-based discussion approach one centred application. This paper that intends teacher training better tackle methodological concerns those teachers practice. concludes that, reality, methodology exists not merely theory. Keywords: CLIL, methodology, practitioners,