Content and Language Integrated Learning in OUR school

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Content and Language Integrated Learning in OUR
school?

• Cristina Escobar Urmeneta

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What is language learning about?

• v  Learning to speak?
• Or
• v  Speaking to learn?

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What is reading about?

• Reading the word?
• Or
• Reading the WORLD?

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CLIL is about...
SPEAK the world

• Speaking a foreign language in order to...

UNDERSTAND the WORLD
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Language L. vs. Content L.

• A language is a system that relates what is being
  talked about (content) and the means used to talk
  about it (expression) (Mohan, 1986).
• In subject matter learning we overlook the role
  of language as a medium of learning.
• In language learning we overlook the fact that
  content is being communicated.

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CLIL Scenarios

• Immersion programs in bilingual or multilingual
  communities.
• Foreign language classrooms in search for a
  context.
• One or more content subjects taught through the
  medium of a foreign language.

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Why CLIL?
Exposure Total amount of exposure Intensity of
exposure Curiosity ? Depth of processing Authenti
city of contents materials skills and
strategies interaction
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CLIL for US ?

• In state schools, with no or little special
  support?
• For virtually ALL students?
• In meanstream classes with students with diverse
  interests, capacities and cultural backgrounds?
• With young (almost) absolute beginners?

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3 Questions 3

• Will they learn the L2 (L3)?
• Amount of exposure
• Depth of processing
• Authenticity
• Will they learn the L1 (L2)?
• Interdependence
• Will they learn the subject matter?
• Common underlying proficiency

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CLIL in MAINSTREAM EDUCATION
The language is not automatically understood
Unavoidable adjustments
Adjustments help all students
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The 91 Commandments for the CLIL teacher

• Enhancing students involvement
• Facilitating comprehension
• Learner-learner interaction
• Academic skills
• Communication skills for academic purposes
• ICT
• Code-switching is normal
• Joint assessment of content and language
• Hands-on approach
• Adopt the exploratory approach RELAX!!!

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CLIL THEMES for Primary and Early Secondary

• Eyes / Sight
• Skin
• Touch
• Hair
• Being ill
• Staying healthy
• Teeth
• Hands and feet
• Blood
• Ears / hearing
• Tongue / Taste
• Nose / Smell
• Music
• Electricity
• Magnets
• Inventions
• Light and colour

• The moon
• The sun
• The air
• Water
• Rocks and stones
• Earth
• Oceans
• Jungles
• Deserts
• The Poles
• Mountains
• Volcanoes
• Measuring
• Shopping
• Money
• Boats
• Aircraft

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CLIL THEMES for Primary and Early Secondary

• Snakes
• Sharks
• Dolphins
• Bats
• Spiders
• Dinosaurs
• Whales
• Horses and ponies
• Dogs
• Cats
• Apes
• Bears
• Amazing insects
• Frogs
• Reptiles
• Birds

• Earthworms
• Bees
• Ponds and rivers
• Animal weapons
• Poisonous animals
• Trees
• Flowers
• Potatoes
• Oranges and Lemons
• Apples
• Glass
• Plastics
• Metals
• Fabrics
• Paper

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CLIL THEMES for Primary and Early Secondary

• Wood
• Jam
• Chocolate
• Milk
• Eggs
• Fire
• Bubbles
• Rubbish
• Wheels
• Kitchen machines
• Hamsters
• Butterflies and moths
• Weather facts
• Prehistoric Life
• A Medieval Castle
• Pyramids

• Tutankhamun and the Ancient Egypt
• Mummies
• Ancient Rome
• Middle Ages
• Vikings
• Africa
• The life of a Quechua girl.
• The life of a Masai boy.
• The Aztecs
• The Incas
• The Inuit
• The Maori
• Heroes of our time
• Fossils
• And many other ...