Situation of the CLIL Methodology in Italy with an Analysis of Traditional and CLIL Textbooks

Abstract

The focus of this research is on the analysis of a number of traditional and CLIL textbooks, which can be used by Italian schools, to catch the differences and similarities between them. Although, the number of textbooks in Italian that we adopt for the analysis is limited since it only involves two books that are sold with the CLIL ones and two textbooks sold as stand-alone. We also wish to try and understand if CLIL methodology is properly applied in the Italian school materials that adopt this methodology. The conclusions we reach cannot be generalizable to all the Italian CLIL and traditional textbooks since the analysis takes into consideration a limited number of books. However, before analysing textbooks, in the theoretical framework, we discuss the Italian situation concerning the CLIL methodology and above all the elements that will be used in the analysis of textbooks. As concerns the analysis, we use a grid with several points to consider which are useful to identify the differences and similarities between course books.