Russell Cross

  1. New CLIL research project starting soon!

    CLIL emphasizes the importance of balancing both language and content in theory, but how does it play out in reality?! Through teacher interviews grounded in actual classroom practice, the CLIL Teacher Education Lab at the University of Melbourne has a new project to explore whether there is a tendency to emphasise either content and language […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/07/20/new-clil-research-project-starting-soon

  2. Rescheduled … Public Seminar: Plurilingual Pedagogies in Australian Schooling (4–5.30pm, 23 August)

    Symposium 4–5pm, finger food and drinks 5–5.30pm Dynamic linguistic and cultural diversity characterises much of the educational landscape in the global north and south and is realised in many Australian schools and classrooms. The positioning of linguistic and cultural resources in relation to educational policies, curriculum, assessment, and pedagogy is therefore of critical importance. In […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/07/20/public-seminar-plurilingual-pedagogies-in-australian-schooling-4-5-30pm-3-august

  3. New Publication – Social equity challenges for CLIL research

    Llinares, A. & Cross, R. (2022). New challenges for CLIL research. AILA Review, 35(2), 169–179. doi:10.1075/aila.00054.edi

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/07/20/new-publication-social-equity-challenges-for-clil-research

  4. New Publication – Culture within CLIL

    Cross, R. (2022). Addressing social equity by making explicit the implicit value systems within content and language learning: A pedagogical framework for culture within CLIL. AILA Review, 35(2), 180–202. doi:10.1075/aila.22025.cro

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/07/20/new-publication-culture-within-clil

  5. Now out: (In)equity Issues in CLIL

    Special issue of AILA Review 35:2 (2022) The 2022 special issue of AILA Review is now available, edited by Ana Llinares and Russell Cross. The collection addresses new challenges for CLIL research with respect to social equity, and includes contributions from:

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/07/20/now-out-inequity-issues-in-clil

  6. Prof Takizawa Study Visit

    The Lab was pleased to host a recent study visit seminar by Prof Mayumi Takizawa, on 27 April, 2023. Mayumi is an active member of J-CLIL and CLIL-ite, and a current candidate for teacher accreditation with these organizations. For over a decade, she mainly taught English for Tourism at Tokai University and English Education for […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/05/08/prof-takizawa-study-visit

  7. Working with the “4th C” (Online seminar, 11 March, 9pm AEDT)

    Part of the Learning through Languages UK and the Aston Centre for Applied Linguistics “CLIL Mondays” online seminar series. Working with the “4th C”: Where and how might culture fit in CLIL contexts?Russell Cross (Melbourne Graduate School of Education) This talk explores what might be particular about ‘culture’ when understood in the context of CLIL, […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/03/10/working-with-the-4th-c-online-seminar-11-march-9pm-aedt

  8. Welcome to our new Graduate Researcher: Kristofer Sapoetra

    Kristofer is a DEd candidate and Additional Languages (Bahasa Indonesia) teacher in Victorian primary schools. As an in-service teacher, Kristofer is passionate about exploring practical languages teaching approaches that foster inclusivity and engagement between teachers and learners. His experience includes integrating Visual Arts and Languages curriculums through the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/02/14/welcome-to-our-new-graduate-researcher-kristofer-sapoetra

  9. Welcome to our new Graduate Researcher: Vincent Liang

    The Lab welcomes Vincent Liang to the team as a new Graduate Researcher! Vincent’s PhD project aims to investigate how schooling conditions influence the practicality of the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) pedagogy through the investigation of teacher agency in Victorian school context. The project advances the our research in Teacher Dispositions and Agency […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2023/02/09/welcome-to-our-new-graduate-researcher-vincent-liang

  10. ACTA 2022 – Pushing The Boundaries in TESOL

    2022 Australian Council of TESOL Associations International Conference — Pushing The Boundaries in TESOL — features presentations by our Lab members Russell Cross and Yvette Slaughter. The program also features MGSE colleague, Bonita Cabiles, winner of Penny McKay Award for her thesis, Participation and cultural and linguistic diversity: An in-depth qualitative inquiry of an Australian primary […]

    clil.education.unimelb.edu.au/2022/09/09/acta-2022-pushing-the-boundaries-in-tesol

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