Transcript My CLIL
The school
The CLIL Project in my school
Theory supporting CLIL
My CLIL project
Final thoughts
Compulsory secondary school ESO 12-16
year old
› 150 students
No compulsory studies 16-18 year old
› 60 students
Vocational training
› 400 students
Two year experience
ESO 2 and ESO 3
Subjects:
› 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
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
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
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
Aims:
› To improve teaching
› To improve learning
when, how, why, who
Formative assessment
› Activity 6
Instructions
Scaffolding
Key answers
Context
Situation of CLIL in my school
Theoretical approach
Project
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,
› optimism and pessimism