Bilingual Education through CLIL: Current Conversations and the Future Ahead CLIL on November 04-06, 2026 in Santiago, Chile

The Bilingual Education through CLIL: Current Conversations and the Future Ahead Conference aims to bring together researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners from all educational levels to exchange ideas, present research findings, and engage in meaningful discussions on emerging perspectives in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The event seeks to foster critical dialogue on the current landscape of bilingual and multilingual education, emphasizing innovative pedagogical practices, evolving challenges, and the transformative role of digital technologies and artificial intelligence in shaping the future of language and content integration across diverse educational contexts.

The conference seeks to:

• Examine current trends, challenges, and opportunities in implementing CLIL across diverse educational contexts, from primary to higher education.

• Foster interdisciplinary dialogue on the dynamic integration of language, content, and culture within bilingual and multilingual education.

• Showcase innovative pedagogical practices and research that demonstrate the transformative potential of CLIL in fostering linguistic competence, intercultural awareness, and academic literacy.

• Promote collaboration among international and local educators to design inclusive, sustainable, and context-responsive CLIL approaches.

• Envision the future of bilingual education by addressing policy implications, teacher education, and the impact of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and educational innovation on advancing CLIL practices.

Tentative Conference Themes

1. CLIL Pedagogy and Bilingual Education in Practice

-Classroom implementation across primary, secondary, and higher education

-Curriculum design and lesson planning in CLIL contexts

-Classroom management and differentiation strategies

2. CLIL, Emerging Technologies, and Artificial Intelligence

-AI-driven tools for language and content integration

-Digital literacies and multimodal learning in CLIL

-The impact of educational innovation on bilingual instruction

3. CLIL in Higher Education and Professional Domains

-Discipline-specific CLIL applications (Medicine, Engineering, Business, etc.)

-Academic literacy and communication in professional English

-Challenges and outcomes in university-level CLIL programs

4. Teacher Education, Professional Development, and Agency in CLIL Contexts

-CLIL teacher training models and institutional support

-Reflective practice, teacher identity, and professional learning communities

-Empowering teachers as curriculum designers and researchers

5. Multilingualism, Translanguaging, and Intercultural Competence

-Translanguaging as a pedagogical and identity resource

-Developing intercultural communicative competence in CLIL classrooms

-Equity, inclusion, and linguistic diversity in bilingual education

6. Bilingual Education and Educational Policy

-National and institutional CLIL policy frameworks

-Global and local perspectives on bilingual education reform

-Evaluation, accreditation, and quality assurance in bilingual programs

7. Assessment and Evaluation in CLIL Contexts

-Assessing both content and language learning outcomes

-Designing valid and reliable CLIL assessment instruments

-Formative and alternative assessment approaches

8. CLIL for Equity, Sustainability, and Social Inclusion

-CLIL as a pathway to educational equity and global citizenship

-Sustainable bilingual education and environmental literacy

-Gender, migration, and intercultural dialogue through CLIL

9.ESP within the Soft–Hard CLIL continuum and language–content integration in disciplinary contexts

– CLIL and ESP in higher education and professional programmes, including STEM and other professional domains

– Pedagogical practices in ESP–CLIL contexts: curriculum design, assessment, and task- or project-based learning supported by multimodal and digital resources