CLIL IN ACTION

Following our introduction to CLIL and its basic principles, we will now look at some examples of CLIL in action.

This first video shows how students from the Information Technology Module at class 4A/Informatica dell'ITT "Leonardo da Vinci" in Viterbo, get started with a CLIL lesson: Object Oriented Programming




TASK 1: Write down all the steps the teacher used in this lesson plan, choose one and explain it to the rest of people in your group.

TASK 2: We will now watch further examples demostrating CLIL used in different classes at different levels of education. For the purpose of this task, we will focus on the Vocational Course example:





Answer the following questions in pairs and be prepared to explain your answer:

- Where is the focus of this lesson on?

- Where has the teacher put a major emphasis on?

- What steps have students followed in the lesson?

- What is the final learning outcome/s of the lesson?

- What, in your opinion, has more weight in the lesson: the language or the content? Why?


TASK 3: Watch the video "CLIL oral work- Bussiness Studies Discussion" by Joan Alberich and reflect on the following: How is L1 and L2 used in the students´discussion?

INTRODUCTION TO CLIL

This course is intended to offer an introduction to the CLIL methodology as well as to give you the tools to start teaching your content area in English.

We will use different CLIL  activities to learn our way through the theory and practice of CLIL. That means you will be doing CLIL activities without even realising!

Let´s start with a with a video and a brief introduction to CLIL:






WHY CLIL?

CLIL covers the demands of the 21st century education:
It is motivating and engaging and encourages teachers and learners to collaborate and expand their skills further.
We will discuss all the advantages as a group in the next sessions.

TASK 1:  Watch this video by Annamaria Peruchi and be prepared to discuss its content:

"School is in need of creativity, problem solving, and innovation to face the challenges of the 21st Century in a global economy"

TASK 2: We are now going to listen to an interview to David Marsh about different isssues to do with CLIL.

Make a list of the main issues he mentions in this extract to discuss them in pairs and then bring your opinion to the whole class:

Extract from an interview to David Marsh about different issues on CLIL. The extract is focused on the CLIL teacher profile. You can watch a full interview on: https://youtu.be/-Czdg8-6mJA. You may also want to watch this very interesting conference: Why CLIL is Education for the 21st Century







Understanding  Bloom´s taxonomy and higher order thinking skills:





A modern example of Bloom's Taxonomy used in media. Watch this great video to understand the principles of Blooms Taxonomy in modern teaching: