Steps for programming a CLIL unit

1. TEACHER’S GUIDE FOR
PROGRAMMING CLIL UNITS
By Cristiana Vasiluta
Costea

2. 1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
/ EVALUATION CRITERIA
Objectives or goals that the students will achieve
in the unit we are planning.

3. 2. SUBJECT CONTENT
Specific content/topics that will be covered in
English during this unit or part of the unit.

4. 3. LANGUAGE CONTENT /
COMMUNICATION
What language content and communication skills
will we pay attention to.
3.1 Vocabulary
Fundamental vocabulary that will appear in the unit that the student should
learn. The English teacher should agree with the vocabulary so that he/she
may revise it in the English class if convenient.
3.2 Structures / Functions
Grammar and discourse structures that are expected to appear and that
agree with the review in the English class.
3.3 Language skills / Discourse type
Communicative language skills that will be practised throughout the unit
(e.g. Listening, speaking) and in what type of activity.
Also the type of discourse that will be more relevant throughout the unit
(descriptive, dialogues, etc.).

5. 4. COGNITIVE PROCESSES
Cognitive skills that the students should execute
in order to complete the activities and homework
( Critical thinking, analysis, synthesis,
evaluation, etc).

6. 5. ACTIVITIES
Activities that the student will complete
throughout the course of the unit as part of the
final project or as part of their learning process.

7. 6. METHODOLOGY
•Organization
and class distribution / timing
Temporalization: number of session that each activity will take.
The type of work the students will be doing with each activity should
be specified: group work, individual work, pair work, whole class
activity, etc.
Spaces we are going to use: computer lab, classroom, laboratory,etc.
Resources / Materials
Resources and materials that we are going to use along throughout
the unit and links to the place we can find them. The ICT tools use in
the classroom and their link to the unit’s objectives.
Basic Competences
Specific basic competences that will be practiced: linguistic,
mathematic, social, digital, cultural, learn to learn, autonomy, etc.

8. 8. EVALUATION (CRITERIA
AND INSTRUMENTS)
Instruments and criteria for evaluating ,
including self and teacher evaluation.

9. EXAMPLES OF CLIL UNITS OR
LESSONS
CLIl lesson
MacMIllan CLIL Lessons
Cambridge CLIL Lessons

10. More information about CLIL in Madrid Community:
Legislation Madrid
Examples of Good Practice based on CLIL
Cristiana Vasiluta Costea