Beyond CLIL: Pluriliteracies Teaching for Deeper Learning

Published 2022.

If education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and problem-solving skills alongside the development of a positive or growth mindset. In this book, a follow up to CLIL, the authors review new developments in the understanding of the interface between language and learning and propose an original new 'pluriliteracies' approach which refines and develops current thinking in CLIL. It aims to facilitate deeper learning through an explicit focus on disciplinary literacies, guiding learners towards textual fluency, encouraging successful communication across cultures, and providing a key stepping-stone towards becoming responsible global citizens. It both provides strong theoretical grounding and shows how to put that understanding into practise. Engaging and practical, this book will be invaluable to both academics and education practitioners and will enable conventional classrooms to be transformed into deeper learning ecologies.

Readers will acquire an in-depth understanding of the latest research on deeper learning and its component processes

Introduces a model that includes both mechanics and drivers of deeper learning and illustrates how these interact

Presents several key principles to illustrate how tasks for deeper learning could be designed