Do Coyle - CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning

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The authors have been working in education for many years. Over this time, our paths have often crossed, and we have found ourselves working together in very different situations. In these situations we have encountered many people from different walks of life, from professionals in education through to children, young people and older learners in classrooms. Early on we came to realize that `meetings of minds' brings about a very special form of synergy which is not only personally rewarding but also professionally enriching. The fact that this has involved people from across the globe living and working in different cultural contexts has also enabled us to work and embrace diversity as a source of creativity and innovation. This publication includes the voices of many of these people, because it is based on our long experience of collaboration and connection. `Without bridges we would all be islands', and we are grateful for the opportunity to work with those many outstanding professionals who have helped us on our own learning curves in understanding the implications of this educational approach. There are far too many people to thank personally, so we wish to express our gratitude to all those that we have encountered for insight, advice, feedback and friendship.