New article I found:
“One image for teaching English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) is that of a tapestry. The tapestry is woven from many
strands, such as the characteristics of the teacher, the learner, the setting, and the relevant languages (i.e., English and the native languages of the learners and the teacher). For the instructional loom to produce a large, strong, beautiful, colorful tapestry, all of these strands must be interwoven in positive ways (…) “
This is something I found on the website of the British Council (http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk)
If you would like to find out more about the CLIL methodology why not have a look at these articles:
A short definition:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/knowledge-wiki/clil
A brief introduction:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/transform/teachers/specialist-areas/clil
A podcast from CUP:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/uk-publishers/cup/what-content-language-integrated-learning-clil
A lesson framework:
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/clil-a-lesson-framework
Thinking with Pictures. Mind mapping for children.
In this website (http://www.logo.com/twp/teaching_resources.html) you will find a range of practical teaching resources, which will help you to introduce young children to the ideas of concept mapping and get them started building their own maps. All of the following resources have been created for you to use FREELY with Thinking with Pictures.
These resources are ideal for group, or whole class activities, using a Whiteboard.
Each consists of a teacher’s booklet, in PDF format, which is accompanied by mapping files that can be opened in Thinking with Pictures.
“A website to share CLIL materials for young learners developed within European Comenius-Grundtvig projects and a network of European schools”
Here’s the power point presentation I used in my talk. Thanks for your comments and support. I hope that what we have done will be useful to all of you.
(great article, form a great book)
The many faces of CLIL
CLIL is an umbrella term covering a dozen or more educational approaches (eg immersion, bilingual education, multilingual
education, language showers and enriched language programmes). What is new about CLIL is that it synthesizes and
provides a flexible way of applying the knowledge learned from these various approaches. The flexibility of the approach is,
above all, evident in the amount of time devoted to teaching or learning through the second language. CLIL allows for
low- to high-intensity exposure to teaching/learning through a second language. The approach can also be used for
short-term high-intensity exposure (see figure below). (click on the PDF file for more)
Guess what’s new at the LINK section: an amazing website for young learners with excellent songs and hands-on ideas. Enjoy!
In my opinion, what CLIL really needs among other things, is new technologies. Using ICT as a daily resource increases our possibilities and emerges as a very useful tool to transmit both language and content. Have a look at this article by Fernando Romeu appeared in the issue 63 of the APAC Magazine…
