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CLIL – What is in it for the language teachers?
IH World DOS ConferenceHMS Belfast
Jan 8th, 2009
Keith Kelly [email protected]
The plan for today…
Definition of CLIL Methodology Curriculum focus Resources Language Skills Concepts Follow up – networks ([email protected])
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English-German School, Plovdiv
‘Zh’ Class
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CLIL – defining what we mean ‘CLIL for ELT is just a repackaging of a task-
based, topic-focused approach to language learning’.
Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching [email protected] Young learners and teens group [email protected] onestopclil discussion forum www.onestopclil.com
Ongoing CLIL debate
CLIL: Complementing or Compromising English Language Teaching?
CLIL - The Methodology
Content methodology plus language Lab report / practical work
Scaffolding and language support Identify language Decide what to do with it
CLIL - A Curriculum Focus
Content areas Concepts (abstract/concrete) Skills (procedures) Language (3 areas of language)
CLIL – The Curriculum
Locate the curriculum guidelines for subjects you are interested in
UK National Curriculum:
Guidelines, resources, samples of work
What goes on in Science?
Exploring content resources
Your own GM person
Create …
… and present
The language of heredity
Describing facial featuresS/He has / has gotHer/His … is/are …(brown, green, blue, blond, red, grey)(round, thin, fat, long, short, flat, curly, straight, spiky, wavy)
Naming parts of the faceEyes, nose, ears, earlobes, eyebrows,hair, chin, cheeks
Describing inherited characteristicsHe gets his … from his …She gets her … from her …He looks like his …She looks like her …He takes after his … with hisShe takes after her … with herHe has inherited his mother’s …She has inherited her mother’s …
Curriculum area?
Curriculum area?
CLIL - The ResourcesScience Across the World
a) a bank of resources for general Science projects
b) a database of contacts for carrying out a curriculum exchange project with a school in another country,
c) an internet-based and ICT focus to learning.
Example – What did you eat?
Ice Cream Consumption in Europe Who eats the most?
Food and drink diary
CLIL – The Skills
- research work
- dealing with data (gathering, presenting)
- presentation work
Example - HeredityHair colour, eye colour, skin colour, height, ear lobes, mid finger hair, tongue rolling
CLIL – The language
Three broad areas of language in content:
i) subject-specific languageii) general academic languageiii) peripheral language
Knowing what this language is, and what to do with it, i.e., how to scaffold or support it, is what CLIL is all about.
Example - discourse analysis1 cells and tissues2 diet and disease
What are living things made of?
The Structure of Simple CellsToday, scientists using powerful microscopes are able to observe what makes up cells. They have discovered that every cell is a self-contained unit and that all cells are made up of a substance called protoplasm.Protoplasm is the basic living material. It is always made up of carbon (C), oxygen (02), hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N) and very often sulphur (S) and phosphorus (P). Protoplasm is usually colourless and contains a large amount of water. It feels and looks like jelly. Only living things can make new proto plasm or repair damaged protoplasm.Cells are made up of two kinds of proto plasm: the nucleus and the cytoplasm. They are separated from their environment by an outer cell membrane, which restricts the passage of materials in and out of the cell.
Task Find and underline all of the verbs in the text which are used for talking about ‘structure, function and location’ of cells and tissues.
Structure, function and locationVerb phrases Adverbial phrases
Structure:… are made up of…… organized in…… is a self-contained unit… contains…… feels/looks like…… are separated from… by…… are small…… tend to be…… can take other shapes…… it includes…… have…… is a part that contains…… consist of…… are joined together… (to…)Types:…there are ……have various shapes……are divided into……are arranged in……resembles…
Location:… is found in……surrounded by…… form……form one or several……includes……is located under/around……is most abundant under……is common in……is found mainly in……along … runs…Function:…have parts which……builds up……lines……exhibits ……release……connects……has the function of……provides……builds up…
…amidst…
…often……very often……usually…… likely to be……just…
Linear content input
Organizing content input
Diet and disease - text
Diet and disease - structure
Diet and disease – core content
Embedded language
CLIL for ELT - Conclusions
1) Explore the content curriculum:- resources- skills - the language
2) Identify an appealing aspect of this context for you and students
- a skill - PPTs- a grammar area - passive voice - general academic language for the content curriculum - economy
3) Offer a focus in your language lesson.
Discount
References Forum for Across the Curriculum Teaching
www.factworld.info [email protected]
Young learners and teens group [email protected], onestopclil discussion forum
http://www.onestopclil.com/forum_board.asp?catid=80
Gibbons, P (2002) Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning, Heinemann
Science across the world www.scienceacross.org Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,
www.bbsrc.ac.uk UK National Curriculum Website http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/
