2. Activity 1. Mind map of
the research article
• Divide the paper in the group.
• Establish the main factors of the
paper.
• Summarize what you perceive as
the main items of the paper.
• Present the map
4. The essence of CLIL
• Creating connections between learners’ lives
and the content being taught in school;
• Learners will co-construct their understanding
and learning.
• “Learners learn to use the language and use
the language to learn”
• CLIL recreates the conditions to which young
children are exposed when they learn their
first language.
5. CLIL environment
• It makes a child’s language-learning
potential work by providing:
Rich INPUT
Opportunities for rich INTAKE and
OUTPUT
BUT: not all INPUT becomes INTAKE
CONSEQUENCE: limited
opprotunities for output and learning
will be HINDERED
6. What is and isn’t unique about CLIL?
Although CLIL is a new approach , it fits into
the parametres of national or regional
curriculum;
It is a new approach that seeks to enrich the
learning enviroment;
It requieres a co-operation and skills
exchange among language and content
teachers;
It requieres a colective agreement on
common teaching strategies and students
learning activities;
An essencial step in CLIL implementation:
Interdiciplinary fusion
7. Core-features of CLIL
methodology
• These are essencial elements of
good practice in CLIL and in
education in general;
• These strategies support the
successful deliver of CLIL lessons.
9. What drives the core-features?
• THINKING drives the teaching/learning
process;
• COGNITION drives the good CLIL
practice.
THINKING = COGNITION
It is the mental faculty of knowing which includes:
Perceiving
Recognizing
Judging
Reasoning
Conceiving
imagining
10. CLIL GOALS
The holistic development of learners;
To guide students towards
becoming capable and motivated;
To form independent students
To put the focus on SUBSTANCE
Not only provide with new
information but also permit the
connection between that new
information and the existing
knowldge, skills and attitudes.
11. CLIL MODEL
MEANING-MAKING is both a
personal and social process
(COMUNITY)
The new knowledge and skills
develop through:
Personal and cooperative
reflection (COGNITION)
A communicative process
(COMMUNICATION)
12. THE FOUR PRINCIPLES
• These principles can serve as a
reference point for lessons
planning
• They contribute to successful
outcomes
COGNITION
COMMUNITY – CONTENT - COMMUNICATION
13. How does CLIL work for
students?
CLIL classes work:
To create life experiences;
To tap into the innate
language learning ability we all
have.
Communication and learning
take place in the CLIL
language
14. CLIL lessons around the
world
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=uAJSzSTUNT0&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J-
s_OCc8zw&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=RYsG52Vw5do&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=KsSGFsgWNVg&feature=related
15. Sources
• Book: “Uncovering CLIL”,by
Peter Mehisto, Maria-Jesus
Frigols, and David Marsh.
(Chapter 2: Getting ready for
CLIL)
• Youtube lessons