Dear Harvey et al,

I have been following this topic with interest. You ask BESIG members
about opportunities for teaching CLIL, but the people who will finally
decide on whether your qualifications are acceptable or not are the
universities and colleges themselves. Initially, it might be
worthwhile looking at uni websites to see if they have CLIL courses on
offer and who is teaching them.

Basically, Dr Bicknall said it all when she informed us that she had
spent six years getting a doctorate in business before getting a
position teaching CLIL. In Germany you will need an absolute minimum
of a masters' degree in the content subject you wish to teach, and
preferably a doctorate - and you still have to prove to the recruiters
that you can do the job as well as someone already within the German
system. The mills of the state system also grind exceeding slow, as
they say, and they also appoint only when they have funding for a
position, which means that unsolicited applications aren't really
effective. You might like to look at the official job offers on the
website "academics.de" .

Having said that, I also agree with Dr Kirkwood et al in thinking that
TESOL will be around for a while yet.

Best regards,
Caroline (Laxon)
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