Improving higher education internationalization through CLIL at the secondary level

Published in: Global Partnerships for Development and Engineering Education: Proceedings of the 15th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Date of Conference: July 19-21, 2017
Location of Conference: Boca Raton, FL, United States
Authors: Helber Wagner Da Silva, (Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, BR)
Marcelo Henrique Carneiro Camilo, (Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, BR)
Keila Cruz Moreira, (Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte, BR)
Full Paper: #342

Abstract:

Internationalization of higher education has become a relevant issue for university and other institutions around the globe. This occurs due to different rationales, including increased international deeper engagement by students, improved quality of teaching and learning, enhanced prestige for the institution, among others. Despite the benefits on the internationalization, most governments and academia initiatives focus only at the higher education instead of considering a multi-level approach, thus being limited to improve the overall quality of the internationalization process. In this paper, we aim at obtaining comprehension on the students’ beliefs and perceptions on how to improve internationalization for the higher education. To that, we conducted a survey research with Brazilian IT (Information and Technology) vocational and higher education students considering opportunities on technical English-based content delivery. Results from the survey analyses based on responses from the participants show that internationalization using CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) during vocational technical courses is a key factor to enhance the achievement of internationalization when students get involved in a higher education course in the future.