What is CLIL and How can it be Implemented in Local Society?

This study investigates the possibility of the implementation of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in Japanese education based on a literature review of the rationale behind CLIL and its practice in European countries. CLIL is a teaching approach that simultaneously promotes new knowledge construction and language proficiency. CLIL was introduced in the 1990s, and numerous research findings on this topic have been reported since then. Close investigations of CLIL effectiveness reveal both positive and negative aspects. In this report, based on the findings of Dalton-Puffer (2008a), some suggestions will be made to the improve the current CLIL approach for Japanese English learners in tertiary levels by making a harmony of CLIL classrooms and non-CLIL EFL classrooms.