CLIL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

1. CLIL
A great opportunity

2. MY EXPERIENCE
 Teacher since 2004
 Teaching CLIL since 2014
 Secondary: Technology, Arts & Crafts, Music

3. WHAT IS CLIL ?
 Contents and Language Integrated Learning
 Teaching a SUBJECT through a foreign language
 David Marsh, 1994

4.  A class of English
 A reinforcement class
 A way to be bilingual
 An easier way to pass a subject
THIS IS NOT CLIL

5.  Learning a SUBJECT
 The same complexity
 Using English
 To communicate
 To learn
THIS IS CLIL

6.  Depends on
 The grade
 The subject
 The group
 Volunteer / Compulsary
 Basic (or not) communication
HOW DOES CLIL WORK ?
Materials
Explanations
Exams

7.  Asking
 Answering
 Commanding
 Explaining
 Debating
SKILLS INVOLVED
 Listening
 Reading
 Speaking
 Writing
 Mediating

8.  1st of ESO: Arts & Crafts
 2nd of ESO: Technology
 3rd of ESO: Technology / Physics & Chemistry
 4th of ESO: Physical Education
 1st of BAC: Philosophy
GRADES AND SUBJECTS

9.  1st of ESO: Arts & Crafts
 Very low level of English
 Students will have to
 Ask and respond to basic questions and
commands
 Describe
Basic and
specific vocabulary
Present and Past Simple
Imperative
NEEDS FOR 1st OF ESO

10.  2nd of ESO: Technology
 Low level of English
 Students will have to
 Analyze problems
 Describe, tell pros and cons
 Debate and reach agreements
 Develop projects
NEEDS FOR 2nd OF ESO
Comparatives
Perfect and
continuous tenses
Conditionals

11.  3rd of ESO: Technology / Physics & Chemistry
 Medium level of English
 Students will have to
 Understand & think about complex concepts
 Use mathematical operations
 Be accurate
Operations, formulas,
structures, etc.
Math language
NEEDS FOR 3rd OF ESO

12.  4th of ESO: Physical Education
 Medium level of English
 Students will have to
 Respond to commands quickly
 Easy concepts about the body and health
NEEDS FOR 4th OF ESO
Vocabulary
Body and health
Verbs of movement
Fluency

13.  1st of Bac: Philosophy
 Good level of English (B1)
 Students will have to
 Understand & think about abstract concepts
 Debate and reach agreements (or not)
Very good
Level of English
Subjunctive
Fluency
NEEDS FOR 1st OF Bacharelato

14.  Students are very shy and little self-confident
 (They think) They are not skilled enough
 They fear to be penalized for bad English
 They have to understand language and concepts
 Sometimes they try but they are not able to speak
VERY CHALLENGING !

15.  Encourage, not force
 Promote team work
 Less theoretical, more practical
 In terms of English
 Adapt teacher’s level to class
 Introduce new vocabulary and structures as they appear
 Correct them little by little
 Congratulate them
STRATEGY

16.  Personal charm (relax)
 English department
 Books on CLIL
 Scholar trips
 BICS Flashcards ©
TOOLS

17.  People against
 Politics
 Nationalists
 Parents
CONTROVERSY
They are always saying that
 Students don’t learn English
 Students don’t learn subjects
 Level is lower
 Students are not bilingual
 Teachers are not skilled enough

18.  No standard tests
 Academic results
 Students satisfaction
 Trips to the UK
 B1 and B2 exams
IS IT WORKING ?

19.  As a student
 Fluency
 Self-confidence
 Awareness of communication skills
 Opportunity to work with native speakers (TA)
 As a teacher
 All the same
WHAT DO WE GET FROM CLIL ?

20.  Orla Kearny, Dublin, Ireland
 Kacie Hoagland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 Brooke Hartman, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
 Russell Gomez, Millburn, New Jersey, USA
TEACHER ASSISTANT

21.  2000, Xunta de Galicia
 Having a bad time
 An opportunity to work for an international company
 Huge wage
 Very interesting job
 I was very good at it
 Training course in Chicago, Illinois, USA
WHY AM I SO CONCERNED?

22.  I have a C1 degree
 I know
I can deal with people from other countries
I can attend courses in English
 I attended two workshops by the European Space Agency
Transinne, Belgium, 2018
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019
 My students worked with students from other countries
AFTER TEACHING CLIL

23. Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Scotland
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
MY EUROPEAN NETWORK
 83 teachers, 25 countries

24.  2 teachers from Canada, 2 from Thailand and 4 from USA.
MY WORLDWIDE NETWORK

25. Thank you very much
FOR YOUR ATTENTION

26.  Any questions?
AND NOW …