CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) aims to create connections between learners' lives and content taught in school. Learners co-construct understanding through using language to learn. It recreates conditions of first language acquisition. A CLIL environment provides rich input, intake, and output opportunities through interdisciplinary lessons. While not all input becomes intake, it makes children's language potential work. CLIL fits within national curricula and enriches learning through cooperation among language and content teachers with common teaching strategies. Its core features include multiple focus, safe environments, authenticity, active learning, scaffolding, and cooperation driven by cognition and thinking.

1. Getting ready for CLIL

2. The essence of CLIL Creating connections between learners’ lives and the content being taught in school; Learners will co-construct their understanding and learning. “ Learners learn to use the language and use the language to learn” CLIL recreates the conditions to which young children are exposed when they learn their first language.

3. CLIL environment It makes a child’s language-learning potential work by providing: Rich INPUT Opportunities for rich INTAKE and OUTPUT BUT: not all INPUT becomes INTAKE CONSEQUENCE: limited opprotunities for output and learning will be HINDERED

4. WHAT IS AND ISN’T UNIQUE ABOUT CLIL? Although CLIL is a new approach , it fits into the parametres of national or regional curriculum; It is a new approach that seeks to enrich the learning enviroment; It requieres a co-operation and skills exchange among language and content teachers; It requieres a colective agreement on common teaching strategies and students learning activities; An essencial step in CLIL implementation: Interdiciplinary fusion

5. CORE-FEATURES OF CLIL METHODOLOGY These are essencial elements of good practice in CLIL and in education in general; These strategies support the successful deliver of CLIL lessons.

6. MULTIPLE FOCUS SAFE AND ENRICHING ENVIROMENT AUTHENTICITY ACTIVE LEARNING SCAFFOLDING CO-OPERATION

7. WHAT DRIVES THE CORE-FEATURES? THINKING drives the teaching/learning process; COGNITION drives the good CLIL practice. THINKING = COGNITION It is the mental faculty of knowing which includes: Perceiving Recognizing Judging Reasoning Conceiving imagining

8. CLIL GOALS The holistic development of learners; To guide students towards becoming capable and motivated; To form independent students To put the focus on SUBSTANCE Not only provide with new information but also permit the connection between that new information and the existing knowldge, skills and attitudes.

9. CLIL MODEL MEANING-MAKING is both a personal and social process (COMUNITY) The new knowledge and skills develop through: Personal and cooperative reflection (COGNITION) A communicative process (COMMUNICATION)

10. THE FOUR PRINCIPLES These principles can serve as a reference point for lessons planning They contribute to successful outcomes COMMUNITY – CONTENT - COMMUNICATION COGNITION

11. How does clil work for students ? CLIL classes work: To create life experiences; To tap into the innate language learning ability we all have. Communication and learning take place in the CLIL language

12. CLIL lessons around the world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAJSzSTUNT0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J-s_OCc8zw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYsG52Vw5do&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsSGFsgWNVg&feature=related

13. Sources Book: “Uncovering CLIL”,by Peter Mehisto, Maria-Jesus Frigols, and David Marsh. (Chapter 2: Getting ready for CLIL) Youtube lessons