To improve the use of English in my school it would be interestring to introduce CLIL units in the area of “Arts & Crafts”.
A CLIL unit called “Creating a comic strip” would be an example of how to do it.
Some of the basic principles of that CLIL unit are that in the CLIL classroom:
- Language is used to learn as well as to communicate
- It is the subject matter which determines the language needed to learn.
A CLIL lesson is therefore not a language lesson neither is it a subject lesson transmitted in a foreign language. According to the 4Cs curriculum (Coyle 1999), a successful CLIL lesson should combine elements of the following:
- Content – Progression in knowledge, skills and understanding related to specific elements of a defined curriculum
- Communication – Using language to learn whilst learning to use language
- Cognition – Developing thinking skills which link concept formation (abstract and concrete), understanding and language
- Culture – Exposure to alternative perspectives and shared understandings, which deepen awareness of otherness and self.
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