CLIL APPROACH IN KAZAKHSTAN: LEARNERS’ PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCES

Abstract

In modern society, a new education system is being formed and the acquisition of one or more foreign languages is becoming a priority, and it is seen as one of the tools for expanding professional knowledge and opportunities. In this regard, new educational methods appear for teaching a second language. One of them is the Content and Language Integrated Learning approach which is increasingly becoming one of the innovative approaches to teaching and learning foreign languages. However, there exist several issues related to the implementation process of the CLIL approach. Thus, this article aims to demonstrate the senior school students’ perceptions of CLIL. The research questions are concentrated on identifying the challenges that they face while applying the CLIL method and illustrating the benefits of this approach in the teaching and learning contexts. By investigating their attitudes and perceptions toward CLIL, it will be possible to search out solutions for challenges that students face during the CLIL lesson and to improve their skills.
Keywords: content, perception, challenges, language acquisition, communication, cognition.