Content and Language Integrated learning
What is CLIL?
Teaching content using the target language, It was created to facilitate the learning of languages in a simple way.
METHODOLOGY
Based on the learning of the foreign language (English) through the areas of natural and social sciences, It is based on autonomous interactive learning and is focused on solving tasks, not only on difficult theoretical knowledge
OBJECTIVES
It gives students the possibility of interacting with a second language on a regular basis within the academic context.
BENEFITS
Students reach a high level of understanding of concepts, meet the objectives of the BLOOM taxonomy.
Encourages class participation
improves critical thinking
Helps create new content
NEGATIVE ASPECT
is too difficult, boring, useless, because it contains a lot of talks, translations, and writing for students and teachers
Classroom Principles
Language is used to learn and to communicate as well.
It is the subject matter which determines the language needed to learn.
Challenges for teachers
Be able to present and explain concepts in an accurate and clear way.
Check the pronunciation of the subject-specific lexicon.
Be able to use suitable classroom language to present new concepts, to question, paraphrase, clarify, etc.
Be prepared to answer questions about the specific subject is taught.
Widen the knowledge of the subject that is taught.
Esencial elements
pshicological and phisical safe enviroment
Use an appropiate level of language
Repetition is required
realistic expectations
Recognize steudents effort and success
The use of L2 outside the classroom is important
Potential in the classroom
the learning environment is created in co-operation between students and teachers.
enhance sensory learning different types of media are used to present and practice language including texts, videos, images, etc,
they set up a kind of learning laboratory in which they experiment and do research and thus deal with their learning content in a motivating way.
Allows students to learn about various topics while listening, speaking, reading, and writing about the content.
Ideas for a lesson using CLIL
Content: Progresion in knowledge, skills and understanding related to specific elements of a defined curriculum.
Communication:The type of language the students will use to develop the lesson, e.g. Language of comparing and contrasting. using language to learn and learning to use language.
Congnition: he thinking and cognitive skills learners are demanded to use during the lesson, e.g. Classifying, comparing, contrasting, thinking about advantages or disadvantages.
Culture: exposure to a alternatives perspectives and share understanding
Why CLIL
To promote foreing languages
Language adquisition is more effective
To develop communication skills
Adquisition of new language structures
Because it respects the specifity of language use
to improve the command of the language
advantanges of CLIL
practicing the languages
increasing english level
using language in context
disadvantages of CLIL
difficulty understanding some classes.
not a strong foundation in spanish