M. Antònia Berga Sabaté CEIP Francesc Macià
There are 6,200 inhabitants.
There is a potash mine.
It is 80 Km from Barcelona.
About 200 pupils from 3 to 12 attend the school.
Less than 8 % of the pupils are immigrants.
The school is involved in several projects: ICT, Green School and CLIL.
The socio-economic level of families is low and medium.
Most part of them earn their living in the potash mine.
A considerable number of parents with only primary studies.
Majority of families are Spanish speaking.
Encouragement towards English Language
2000
IntroductionEnglish at
year 1 and 2
2003-06 2004 2008 -09
Comenius Project
Arts & Craftsin English
Introductionto a ScienceCLIL project
Art and Craft workshops in
English in 5th and 6th level2004 - 05
Science experiments
through
English in 5th and 6th level
2008 - 09
2010 - 11Introduction to
English in Kindergarten (year 5)
• To learn content through English.
• To improve and reinforce the English linguistic competence and confidence of the pupils.
• To raise awareness of learning through a language which is not L1.
Social Constructivism (Vygotsky).
The 4 Cs Framework.
The 3 As Tool.
Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Multiple Intelligences Theory (Gardner).
Scaffolding.
The Circulatory
system
Describing the
experimentOrganising information
Making charts
Remembering the vocabulary
Drawing coclusions
COGNITIONResearching information
The Respiratory
system
Functions
Language through
CULTURE
Explaining processes
Giving reasons
Blood donation
Asking questions
Language of
Language for
Making hypothesis
Making predictions
Healthyhabits
The scientific methodology
COMMUNICATION
The blood
Functions
Specific vocabulary
Classroom language
Interest in learning another language
Interest in the
experiments
CONTENTIdentifying organs
EXPERIMENTINGIN HUMANNUTRITION
Understanding functions
Organs Organs
LESSON 1: “THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM”Introduction to the Respiratory System.Organs and function of the Respiratory System.Carrying out an experiment.Making a model of our lungs.Building up a display.
LESSON 2: “THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM”Introduction to the Circulatory System.Carrying out two experiments.Blood Circulation.The heart.The Circulation.
From Theory to Practice: Bringing CLIL to a real classroom.
Pair work and reading comprehension
Language Frames
Carrying out Experiments.Collaborative works.
Games
to play on line
to play in two teams
Quizzes
CLIL implies muchmore than teachingcontent in English
CLIL is a big challenge to update our school.
To create more units and materials for year 5 and 6.
To explain themain issues of CLIL to the rest of theschool teachers.
“Science is a fascinating and exciting subject... The most stimulating and engaging teaching and the best learning occur when science is brought to life and pupils are given the chance to conduct, record and evaluate their own investigations.”
Christine GilbertIt’s up to you!
Generalitat de CatalunyaDepartament d'Educació
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