Fostering the importance of language awareness through CLIL-Mathematics teaching/learning

This contribution investigates the role played by a second language in teaching/learning mathematics and how it could strengthen the importance of natural language in mathematics. It is particularly significant to deepen this issue since many European Countries have already introduced or are going to introduce the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) methodology. CLIL pursues a dualfocused goal promoting at the same time teaching/learning of both a foreign language and a non-linguistic content. This new trend in education asks for analysing limits and potential for using a second language in mathematics education.