Phil BallNILE Consultant Trainer

Phil Ball is based in San Sebastián in Spain. He is the co-author of the book ‘Putting CLIL into Practice’ (OUP 2015) and his CLIL textbook series for the Basque curriculum was nominated for the ELTONS Innovation Award in London. He is module leader on the MA CLIL degree for NILE in England and his work has included consultancy projects in Slovakia, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Austria, Japan and Qatar. 

He has been involved in several European-based CLIL projects, and has written a wide variety of CLIL-based textbooks for the Basque and Spanish social science and English language programmes. He co-designed the new ‘CLIL Essentials’ online course for the British Council and works at the University of the Basque Country (UPV) training lecturers to deliver their subjects through English. He also works with vocational teachers at the University of Vienna and on the OTA masterclasses at Christ Church, Oxford University. 

He has authored various CLIL-based articles and is curently working on digital language materials for the French and English CLIL programmes in the north of Spain.