ABSTRACT
The purpose of the present chapter is to consider the possibility of generalising the achievements that are reported in the previous chapters to a wider context which goes well beyond the specific context that is treated in the present volume. Many innovations are made every day and only a few of them are accepted by the public, from amongst which even fewer of them ultimately become available for common use, be it in the private or public sectors. The range of methods and approaches in language education are no exception. It may be useful to identify, if at all possible, the conditions under which an innovation survives or fades out, so that we may promote Soft CLIL to a wider context effectively and efficiently for the benefit of language teachers, learners, and other stakeholders. To that end, Diffusion of Innovation Theories provide us with a useful framework. Research shows that innovations are likely to be promoted where a certain set of conditions are met. The present chapter is intended to offer several suggestions to those readers teaching and researching in contexts other than Japan, and thus wishing to gain insights for transferring the ideas put forward in this volume to their own context.
