I have attended the Workshop on Content and Language Integrated Learning (C.L.I.L.) Methodology conducted by expert C.L.I.L. teacher Dr Diana Hicks in Cambridge.
The workshops included:
- brainstorming of concerns, issues and questions
- principles of C.L.I.L./ ‘bilingual’ methodology
- roles of language and curriculum content in C.L.I.L./ ‘bilingual’ pedagogy
- sources, examples and potential uses of additional curriculum materials in English
- introduction to practical examples of bilingual tasks from one curriculum theme (eg. History or Geography):
- comparison with monolingual tasks and task types
- reading strategies for bilingual learners
- thinking skills
- working in two languages: code switching.
In this part you’ll find the complete CLIL in a nutshell I have elaborated and the different sections where I have gone into details on the several topics of her training course
Introduction to CLIL – what CLIL is and what it is not, 4 Cs, BICS and CALP, CLIL lesson structure
Language across the curriculum – the role of language in CLIL
CLIL Resources – multimedia and visual organizer
Shared Reading and Communication skills – what functions learners need, how to develop meaningful communication skills, example of interactive reading experience
Cognitive Skills across the curriculum – thinking skills and relevant activities, LOTS and HOTS, examples of exercises to practise cognitive skills (Jigsaw)
Learning Skills Across The Curriculum – examples of learning skills and how they are exploited in CLIL activities, example of a lesson on EU
Planning A Clil Lesson – the focus on learning outcomes, sample planning model
The genre-based approach – why use the genre-based approach to integrating content and language in CLIL, how use this approach
CLIL Material and Activities – selection and adaptation
Scaffolding – what scaffolding is, examples of activities including drama, roleplay, dictation, consolidate and differentiate learning
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