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The present paper discusses the CLIL training development at the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences on both vocational and professional higher education level. Implemented systematically already for almost ten years, CLIL classes play an important role in the practical instruction of Police Service, Border Guards, Customs and Taxation, Rescue Service and Emergency Dispatchers. However, in our daily practise as language teachers we have encountered various understandings of and approaches to this form of instruction among the subject lecturers thus raising questions about the possible variations in understanding the key concepts of CLIL.
The presentation focusses on the preliminary results of the internal questionnaire conducted among the lecturers teaching CLIL classes in Russian and English. The current small-scale study aims at exploring to what extent the selection of practical methods and the role of the language teacher in the class depend on the speciality lecturer’s understanding of the CLIL concepts.

Keywords: CLIL implementation, curriculum development, vocational and higher education, cooperation between language and subject teacher, subject and language competences.