ORGANIZING - TEACHING NATURAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOLS

ORGANIZING - TEACHING NATURAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOLS

PHAM KIM CHUNG chungpk@vnu.edu.vn University of Education - VNU, Hanoi
Summary: 
From the 2011-2012 school year, teaching Mathematics and natural sciences in English has been implemented in some high schools with difficulties. The CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach was applied into teaching subjects in the second language has been implemented in many countries around the world. The paper presents the experimental results of plan development of teaching and learning Physics grade 10 at High School of Educational Science - Hanoi in May 2017, through questionaire with 26 multiple choice questions. The effectiveness of organizing CLIL instruction supports students improve their ability to use English into learning natural science subjects; increasing their excitement, promoting the activeness and quality of teaching.
Keywords: 
Instruction
natural science
English
students
high school
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