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Implementation of CLIL in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and teacher training

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This article is the result of the first stage of ongoing research in schools in the region of Castilla La-Mancha, a non bilingual region located in the centre of Spain, in order to ascertain the extent to which CLIL has been established as part of the general curriculum. We analysed schools of primary and secondary education in Cuenca, one of the region?s provinces, and contacted the teachers responsible for the ?Secciones Europeas? programme in a number of state primary schools and secondary education centres of the other four provinces which make up the region (Albacete, Ciudad Real, Guadalajara and Toledo). Through contact with the regional Department of Education responsible for the programme we have drawn general conclusions as to how it is currently being carried out, and, having identified the weaknesses, propose some recommendations for organization, teacher training and future implementation, all of which will be followed up in a second phase of research.