Transcript My CLIL

The school
 The CLIL Project in my school
 Theory supporting CLIL
 My CLIL project
 Final thoughts
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Compulsory secondary school ESO 12-16
year old
› 150 students
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No compulsory studies 16-18 year old
› 60 students
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Vocational training
› 400 students
Two year experience
 ESO 2 and ESO 3
 Subjects:
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› Food technology: “Open your Fridge”
› Social studies: “European Community: Big
Ideas”
› Motivation and aims:
 personal challenge
 reinforcing foreign language learning
 reinforcing the knowledge of several subjects
› How
 teaching through English
 optional subjects
› When:
 2008-2009: Open your fridge. ESO 2
 2009-2010: Europe. Big ideas. ESO 3
 2010-2011: Alternative energies. ESO 4
Vision & Context
Scaffolding
Thinking skills
ICT
The 4 C’s
Lesson plans
Assessment
•Vigotsky
•Piaget
•Gadner
•Krashen
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ACTIVITIES
Communication
Culture
Content
Cognition
Language of
Foreign language learning
Language for
Language through
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Evaluation
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Synthesis
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Analysis
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Application
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Comprehension
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Knowledge
High cognitive
2
4
12
5
Low
linguistic
8
4
3
1
9
2
6
7
11
10
1
High
linguistic
3
Low cognitive
Mind map
 Lesson plans
 PowerPoint
 Activities
 Assessment
 Teaching notes
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Global vision: students must have a global knowledge on food properties,
preservation methods, dairies and bakery.
The subject must be engaging and motivating, which can be achieved
through an accurate design of the activities.
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Germometer
The necessary conditions for the growth of microbes
Methods of food preservation 1
Methods of food preservation 2
Jam making. Project. Design a label(F)
Investigating preservation methods
Finding out mistakes
Sauerkraut making
Food poisoning
A recipe for disaster
Campaign for Safe Homes
Investigating food poisoning
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Aims:
› To improve teaching
› To improve learning
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when, how, why, who
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Formative assessment
› Activity 6
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Instructions
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Scaffolding
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Key answers
Context
 Situation of CLIL in my school
 Theoretical approach
 Project
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Basic: motivation of students
 The 4 C’s is THE framework is a useful tool
 Importance of balancing language and
content
 High levels of knowledge are achievable
if there is a correct scaffolding
 Future of CLIL,
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› optimism and pessimism