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- 1. 1 Why not CLIL? TASK 1 IDENTIFYING THE COMUNICATIVE SKILLS By completing the following chart you will identy the different communicative skills you want to developinyourstudentthroughthe unitplan. You will write down the CALP, Content Language: which structures or vocabulary words are yougoingto teach throughthe unitplan? Also you have to think on BICS, Basic Interpersonal Language: which classroom language will youneedduringthe unit? And finally the Language through, which sentences will help you and your students to develop the unit,workin groups,think,expresstheiropinion,etc... CALP Content Language BICS Basic Interpersonal Language Language through Scaffolded Language. Physical Activity Warm up Health Heart rate Stretching Strength Ability Speed Physical stamina Calmdown Breathing Breathe in/out Relaxation Concentration Body Mind Muscles Rest Sleep disorder Bedtime Nutrition Diet Balance diet Eating habits Food Weight control Adjectives: interesting, hard, easy… Nouns: healthy habits, illness, week, well-being, family, parts, heart beat… Verbs: feel, eat, run, walk, breathe, relax, move, listen, smoke, sleep... Expressions while practicing exercices: Let’s go for…, come on…, Expressions for forming groups: “I’ll take….”, “I’ll choose...” Connectors: First / then / later / finally Suggesting: “We can do it this way”, “Let’s try …” “Why not….?” Identification of items and movement actions: “This is a …….” “ He/She is eating...” Expressing their opinions about the exercises: I like, I love, I don’t like, I hate Do you like practicing sports or physical activity? Which kind of sport or physical activity do you practice? How often do you practice any kind of physical activity? Let’s plan a complete warm up. Don’t forget to take 5 minutes to do the calm down exercises. Which are the parts of a complete warm up? How could you improve your health? Which habits do you need to put in practice? Your heart rate increases when you exercise. Today we will work on speed and strength abilities. The student's stamina must improve during the course thanks to the training sessions. We must learn to breathe
- 2. 2 Why not CLIL? Questioning and answering: what do you…? Why, What, Where…? Expressing their own opinion about the different habits: I think that, from my point of view... Expressing possibilities: May be… Every two weeks Suggesting improvements, making recommendations, giving solutions, explaining / arguing facts…. in a relaxed way. Take your time to breathe in and out. Breathing exercises help us to get relaxed and to improve our concentration. We need to know our body. The main muscles, bones and joints are easy to learn. Sleep disorder can generate illnesses. We must follow a balance diet to be healthy. Weight control is essential to remain healthy.