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