TEACHING

FUNCTIONS

THROUGH CBI/CLIL

Prof, Elizabeth Vides Orozco

DESCRIPTION

LEVEL Intermediate (B1 a)

AGE OF STUDENTS 15-16

GRADE: 11th

NUMBER OF STUDENTS 25

TIME:6 hours

TARGET OBJECTIVE:Express agreement and

disagreement.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Raise awareness about the

implications of cloning.

RELATED AREAS Science, Social Studies,

Ethics, Language2 3

LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: Use Expression of agreement

/disagreement ppropriately.

HUMAN GENOME

•What’s this?

•What do you know about the

human genome?

•If you were a scientist and knew

about the human genome, how

would you use this knowledge?

•What do you know about

cloning?

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READING TO GET KNOWLEDGE

What is human cloning?

How would human cloning work?

What is the connection between

Hittler and cloning?

Pair Work

Whole Class

Checking Concepts

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Questions Arising Ethical Issues

What did you

read about

Hitler’s

experiments on

cloning or

manipulating the

human genome?

How far did he

go?

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Discussion

Do you agree or

disagree with

Hilter’s intention

of cloning?.

Use the following

expressions

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Do you agree or disagree with Hittler’s intention of cloning?

I agree with you 100 percent.

I couldn't agree with you more.

That's so true.

That's for sure.

(slang) Tell me about it!

You're absolutely right.

Absolutely.

That's exactly how I feel.

Exactly.

I'm afraid I agree with James.

I have to side with Dad on this

one.

No doubt about it.

(agree with negative

statement) Me neither.

(weak) I suppose so./I guess

so.

You have a point there.

I was just going to say that.

A B

I don't think so.

(strong) No way.

I'm afraid I disagree.

(strong) I totally

disagree.

I beg to differ.

(strong) I'd say the

exact opposite.

Not necessarily.

That's not always true.

That's not always the

case.

No, I'm not so sure

about that.

Reflecting About Cloning

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Do you agree or disagree with

cloning? Why? Why not?

Do you think the implications of

cloning in society are beneficial or

harmful? Why? Why not?

Do you think experimenting on

animal and human cells lead to

benefits or harm? Why? Why not?

Do you agree that this procedure

could be the key to to cure/heal

terminal diseases, for example:

cancer or Alzeihmer? Would you

take it if you were having such

diseases?

Do you agree with the use of this

procedure to preserve endangered

species?How beneficial would this

procedure be to preserve

Different Groups

Reflecting About Cloning

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Self Evaluation

Feedback

ASSESSMENT

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Read the following

article and express

your opinion about

it (agreement or

disagreement).

Critical Thinking

Answer: is it ethical

to go ahead and

clone humans?

Why? Why not?

Individual – pair

work.

Doctor attempts to clone peopleBy Coco Ballantyne | Apr 22, 2009 07:00 PM | 11

Anticipated Problems

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Problem

•Students may have forgotten

the vocabulary to describe

the human genome.

Possible Solution

•Teacher will ellicit the

vocabulary from strong

students or he/she will

provide it.

Problem

•Students may have forgotten

the initial expressions taught

to agree and disagree

Possible Solution

•Teacher will leave the list of

expressions on the board

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