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Integration of selected natural contents
CLIL approach
Natalia Kadłubowska
Olga Mołdoch
CLIL
stands for Content and Language Integrated Learning and refers to teaching subjects such as science, history and geography to students through a foreign language
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CLIL is based on:
- Vigotsky's Zone of Proxinal Development
- Krashen's Language Acquisition Model
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Why CLIL in EFL?
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+ Because with a rich, meaningful context, your students can learn language without needing you to explicitly teach it.
+ Just as “integrated” suggests, a CLIL class kills two birds with one stone: the subject matter and the target language.
CLIL can be used in nature education, where elements such as:
CLIL & education
geography - terrain, plan, map, observation of atmospheric phenomena
biology - getting to know the world of plants, animal life in different ecosystems, environment in different seasons, principles of healthy eating
ecology - environmental pollution, nature protection, natural monuments, parks and reserves, water management
physics and technology - making measurements, safe use of technical devices
safety - classroom and school safety, road safety rules, traffic signs, signals and emergency calls.
Why it works?
Why It Works
Language is learned naturally.
In CLIL, the subject matter provides the fodder as well as the communicative context in which the target language is learned. That means every vocabulary word, phrase and concept is both immediately relevant and meaningful. There is a direct context in which the word becomes useful, vivid and alive.
Students learn the words, phrases and concepts as they need them.
(...) context always wins, lasting far longer and stronger than rote memorization.
CLIL helps with:
Improving overall and specific language competence.
Preparing for future studies and/or working life.
Developing multilingual interests and attitudes.
Diversifying methods & forms of classroom teaching and learning.
Increasing learner motivation.
Integrating language into the broader curriculum.
Long-term learning: students become academically proficient in a language after 5-7 years in a good bilingual program. This is because CLIL focuses on fluency rather than accuracy, treating errors as a natural part of language learning.
Introducing a wider cultural context to content lessons
Accessing International Certification and enhancing the school profile.
CLIL helps with:
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How to implement
the CLIL Method
of Teaching in any Classroom
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Rethink Your Syllabus
A good CLIL lesson covers a specific topic, concept, movement or theory at length to promote effective learning. Complement it with follow-up assignments, discussions, readings and coursework so students can digest content and conduct their own research.
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Focus on tasks in the classroom
Like the traditional monolingual classroom, CLIL promotes collaborative work and the acquisition of multidisciplinary, task-based skills. This gives students a clear purpose and the motivation to learn and complete the task to the best of their ability. It also rewards their ability to use their own personal knowledge to succeed in the classroom. Better yet, CLIL encourages the acquisition of oral and practical skills rather than the theory through real-life activities. Great CLIL activities promote teamwork and encourage students to become key participants in the classroom. Activities, in this respect, are fantastic tools of learning in CLIL because they integrate language and content, and they promote learning by doing. This helps students to communicate key concepts in the target language in real-time and in real situations.
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Choose the Right Moments to Give Feedback
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Feedback and motivation is at the heart of any language class. After all, errors are opportunities to teach and learn!
However, minimal feedback and maximum positivity are essential parts of CLIL.
The goal is to boost your students’ ability to communicate while also allowing them to focus on learning subject lessons. Along the way, you’ll build their positive vibes for the target language and culture. So, the best strategy is to aim for communication rather than accuracy when your students speak.
Teach Grammar in Context
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As you bring CLIL to your classroom, keep in mind that the CLIL method isn’t about having students learn about the language, it’s about having them use the language.
Make sure that students learn grammar in context based on the topics they study and through constant exposure to the language. Revise and recycle grammar periodically to let students observe the language. This allows them to pick up grammar, syntax and conjugation naturally so that they can use it throughout class sessions. When introducing grammar, include charts, documents and pictures that demonstrate a use of the rule prominently.
Materials
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realia
paraphernalia
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magazines
articles and activities, including an online audio component
worksheets
diagrams and comprehension questions
crosswords
pictures
lapbooks
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Ideas for CLIL activities
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Simple exercise using the CLIL method
Animals move to find food, to defend , to reproduce. Put the animals in the right place. Some animals live in different environment. Find the right skills.
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Physical size of plants
For example, for the lead-in activity, the teacher prepares six-piece puzzles of photographs of plants in the three categories (with an English label), which children will assemble and read out to the rest of the class. The teacher then tells them what they are going to learn about in the lesson. For increased motivation and pupil engagement, these puzzles may be prepared based on photos taken by the children themselves from their school garden or community on a previous occasion.
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Plant Parts and Life Cycle
After watching a video about the life cycle of a plant,
a Total Physical Response (TPR) game follows, of which a suggestion is transcribed below. Note that each teacher may create their own gesture code. Children show parts of the plant using their bodies: seed - they sit on the floor with arms around their knees; roots – they stretch their legs and feet; stem – they stand up; leaves – they open their arms and hands; flower buds – make fists; flower – they shake heads. While doing these movements, children drill the vocabulary.
Brainstorm
Pinpoint random students and ask them for something they remember from last lesson. A word, a phrase, a sentence. Anything. Write these down to generate a list of topics. You can even create a follow-up assignment by asking students to create a sentence with at least three words that were just mentioned.
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Opening question
Write down one or more questions related to the previous lesson and ask students to answer these questions on their own. You discuss the answers after a couple of minutes, allowing some time to focus on the language aspect of their answer.
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To sum up...
CLIL is important & effective, because the foreign language becomes the means of learning content. Students feel more motivated to learn the language because they are actually doing something with it, rather than dealing in some of the rather tired phrases and topics that old-fashioned language lessons tend to turn up. The focus is on language acquisition rather than enforced learning, i.e. building up language competency through using it to explore and discuss curriculum topics, leading to more natural and sophisticated communicative skills over time.
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Bibligraphy:
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"Metodyka nauczania języków obcych w kształceniu zintegrowanym" 2009, Małgorzata Pamuła
"Teaching Science through English – a CLIL approach" Camridge English
https://skyteach.ru/2020/01/25/clil-lessons-for-young-learners/?fbclid=IwAR3ekPVdIB3XaRoYc9DKv9_8tNznlajEdaStaFcHtmMgFulZc-RIP6eHPcI
https://twigeducation.com/blog/clil-and-why-it-matters/
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http://learningaboutclil.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-8-why-clil-is-so-important.html