CLIL IN THE

CLASSROOM: A NEW

PROSPECTIVE

Anna Shovkaliuk

Cambridge University Press

ELT Consultant

FIND SOMEONE WHO…

1. Loves teaching every day

2. Thinks English is easy

3. Has taken a Cambridge exam

4. Knows their students’ hobbies

5. Thinks Anna’s cat is cute…

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WHAT DO YOU SEE?

True or False?

Cambridge University is over 800 years old

Fish ‘n Chips is the most popular food in England

Reading for fun is one of the best ways to improve English

British English is the only correct English

A SECRET…

What were the previous 4 slides?

1. Find someone who

2. Reading

3. Young/Old Woman

4. True or False

Why did I use them?

What skills did you use?

What does this have to do with teaching?

1. Active – Challenge – Interest

2. Passive – Visual – Interest

3. Semi-controlled – Challenge

4. Semi-controlled – Active - Fun

CAMBRIDGE TEACHING

1. Communicative activities2. Pair work – Interaction3. Thinking skills4. Multiple Intelligence activities5. Exam Preparation activities6. Social values/ CLIL7. Multimedia8. Flexibility

COMBINING LANGUAGE TEACHING

WITH THE TEACHING OF THINKING Making comparisons

Categorising

Sequencing

Focusing attention

Memorising

Exploring space

Exploring time

Making associations

Analysing cause and effect

Making decisons

Solving problems

Thinking creatively

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

• Linguistic – verbal: language smart

• Logical – mathematical:numbers smart

• Bodily – kinaesthetic: body smart

• Visual – spatial: picture smart

• Musical – auditive: sound smart

• Intra–personal: self smart

• Inter–personal: people smart

Frames of Mind: Howard Gardner;

Basic Books, 1983

Who is the greatest, most famous English writer?

William Shakespeare

Language and Vocabulary

How many words did he know?

How many words do educated, native English speakers know today?

20,000

30,000 +

Language and Vocabulary

What does this mean?

Effective communication is not about how many words you know… but what you do with them.

What is CLIL?

Content and Language Integrated Learning

“It teaches aspects of subject

topics which pupils learn in their

other school classes, such as

Science, Maths, Geography and

Music, using English as the

medium of instruction.”

Has been around for a while…..

Why is CLIL so popular?

• Natural Language Acquisition

• Motivation

• Incorporating the ‘real world’

• Consolidating knowledge

• Fun facts!

CLIL ‘light’

‘real’ CLIL

Adaptation to the Primary Language Classroom

• Making input easier

Use of diagrams/ Charts/ Facts

• Supporting output

Task types/ Matching/ True or False/ Projects

Are there any similarities to EFL classes?

• Skills – all 4 skills are used

• Lexical approach – categorising vocabulary

What are the advantages?

• Motivation

• Cultural awareness

• Natural communication

• Immersion

CLIL in Action

How does CLIL work?

• Traditionally, language teaching

has been conceptualised through

one major learning route:

grammatical progression

• Children today “learn as you use,

use as you learn” rather than the

older experience of “learn now for

use later”.

• Response to “globalization”.

Typical ‘Kid – Parent/teacher conversation’:

Kid: Why do…?

Parent/teacher: Well, because…

Kid: Because why?

Parent/teacher: Just because!

4 ‘C’s curriculum

• Cognition

• Content

• Communication

• Culture

COMMUNICATION:

Language of LearningLanguage for LearningLanguage through Learning

COGNITION:The process involved in thinking. We must help the learner to build up their own learning.

CONTENT:

Content matter is not only about acquiring new knowledge and skills, it is about the learner constructing their own knowledge and developing skills.

CULTURE:

Intercultural awareness Is fundamental to CLIL

Language in Action… Stages (P.P.P.)

1• Get students interested

2• Practise with variety

3• Activate and Review Language

What are these animals?

Projects

• Posters, books, diaries, craft,

experiments etc.

• Give guidelines, with clear goals

and expectations

• To include movement, music, visual

Activity 1 Key principles of CLIL

Which of these are curricular subjects taught in CLIL?

1. music

2. reading

3. art

4. maths

Choose the three correct answers for each

question.

Activity 1 Key principles of CLIL

Which of these do CLIL lessons develop?

1. learners' native language (L1)

2. subject knowledge

3. English language

4. cognitive (thinking) skills

Choose the three correct answers for each

question.

Activity 1 Key principles of CLIL

Which of these are communicative classroom

activities?

1. giving presentations

2. working in pairs

3. writing

4. observing

Choose the three correct answers for each

question.

Activity 1 Key principles of CLIL

Which of these are cognitive (thinking) skills?

1. analysing

2. comparing

3. interacting

4. predicting

Choose the three correct answers for each

question.

CLIL books for teachers

Welcome to Maths and History!!!

4th Grade

Aim: to integrate other areas of the

curriculum

through English: Maths and History

Language: Numbers, Present Simple

EXAMPLES

AFFECTIVE TEACHING

• Write a number between 1 and 20(e.g. 5)

• Double the number (x2)

(e.g. 5x2=10)

• Add 6 (+6)

(e.g. 10+6=16)

• Divide by two (/2)

(e.g. 16/2=8)

• Subtract the original number

(e.g. 8-5=3)

The answer is 3!

3, 3 always 3!

Who is Pisano Fibonacci?

EXAMPLES

Can you continue the Fibonacci Sequence?

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLES

CLIL

Culture

4 Language Skills

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

RECEPTIVE

(Input)PRODUCTIVE(Outcomes)

Most difficult for your learners?

KEY for

Schools

Preliminary

for Schools

First for

Schools

(Starter)

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