Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Robin Walker Trainer
Trinity College London, Spain
www.englishglobalcom.com [email protected]
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
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CLIL methodology
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Session outline
1. Lesson planning for non–CLIL / CLIL classes
2. Coyle’s 4Cs lesson planning tool
Break
3. Lesson plan exercise
Break
4. How languages are learned
Lunch
Areas to be covered in non-CLIL subject lesson plans
1. Level 2. Topic 3. Previous knowledge & skills 4. Aims & objectives 5. Contents (knowledge, concepts, skills) 6. Teaching plan (type, timing & sequence
of activities) 7. Materials & resources 8. Assessment 9. Cross-curricular possibilities
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Areas to be covered in CLIL subject lesson plans 1. Level 2. Topic 3. Aims & objectives 4. …etc PLUS 5. language of the topic (especially vocab) 6. language needed for learning (discussions) 7. skills needed for dealing with input language
(skimming, listening for gist, note-taking, etc.) 8. research & presentation skills
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Session outline
1. Lesson planning for non–CLIL / CLIL classes
2. Coyle’s 4Cs lesson planning tool
Break
3. Lesson plan exercise
Break
4. How languages are learned
Lunch
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
1. Topic 2. Aims & objectives 3. …etc
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Teaching objectives (what I plan to do)
Learning outcomes (what the learners will know / understand / be able to do by the end of the lesson / unit)
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Teaching objectives: what teacher intends to do – the knowledge, concepts & skills that are going to be taught
Learner outcomes: what we want learners to know, to understand or to be able to do after the lesson
http://www.unifg.it/sites/default/files/allegatiparagrafo/20-01-2014/coyle_clil_planningtool_kit.pdf
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
1. Topic 2. Aims (overall, T objectives, learner outcomes) 3. Contents (knowledge, concepts, skills)
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
subject
language
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – the 4Cs and unit planning
http://www.unifg.it/sites/default/files/allegatiparagrafo/20-01-2014/coyle_clil_planningtool_kit.pdf
… it is the [subject] content which determines the learning route. If it were the language, imagine how
limiting this would be ... … [t]ry to have a conversation with someone using only the present tense …
If the content requires the use of the past tense, and learners have not studied this, then CLIL lessons will enable learners to access the language needed in a
defined context in different ways.
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – Doyle, the 4Cs and planning
Content: the subject knowledge, concepts & skills
Communication: language to be used while learning
Cognition: activities that avoid excessive reliance on LOTS and activate and challenge HOTS
Bloom’s taxonomy
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – Bloom’s taxonomy
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – Doyle, the 4Cs and planning
Content: the subject knowledge, concepts & skills
http://www.unifg.it/sites/default/files/allegatiparagrafo/20-01-2014/coyle_clil_planningtool_kit.pdf
Cognition: activities that activate and challenge HOTS and avoid excessive reliance on LOTS
Culture: other (and self) awareness
Communication: language to be used while learning
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – Doyle, the 4Cs and planning
Content • what is/are the aim(s) of this unit/lesson? • what are my teaching objectives? • what are the learner outcomes?
Cognition (thinking skills) • what kind of Qs must I ask to avoid ‘display’ Qs? • which tasks and classroom activities will take
learners into HOTS? • which thinking skills will be appropriate to the
subject content
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – Doyle, the 4Cs and planning
Communication • what specialised vocabulary (terms/phrases) is there? • what key structures are there (e.g. comparatives)?
= language of learning
• what language will they need to operate in English in the learning environment (e.g. stating information, asking Qs, giving opinions, suggesting, discussing ideas, evaluating ideas/information, etc.)?
= language for learning
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
http://www.unifg.it/sites/default/files/allegatiparagrafo/20-01-2014/coyle_clil_planningtool_kit.pdf
Culture • are there any cultural implications with the content? • does the lesson allow learners to think about
themselves in relation to others?
Communication • what specialised vocabulary (terms/phrases) is there? • what key structures are there (e.g. comparatives)? • what language will they need to operate in the CLIL
classroom (e.g. asking Qs, making suggestions, etc.)?
2. Coyle, the 4Cs, a lesson planning protocol
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Session outline
1. Lesson planning for non–CLIL / CLIL classes
2. Coyle’s 4Cs lesson planning tool
Break
3. Lesson plan exercise
Break
4. How languages are learned
Lunch
¿Cómo se aprende una lengua? Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – sample lesson plans
http://ateneu.xtec.cat/wikiform/wikiexport/cmd/lle/clsi/modul_6/apartat_2
¿Cómo se aprende una lengua? Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – sample lesson plans
http://ateneu.xtec.cat/wikiform/wikiexport/cmd/lle/clsi/modul_6/apartat_2 Ateneu - Materials i recursos per a la formació - Departament d'Ensen…dària
Step 1 may seem obvious, but practice shows that a majority of novice CLIL teachers spend a tremendous amount of time searching for good materials from different sources without having a clear idea of what to teach. Write your ideas on a scrap paper before beginning to search. Be sure of what you want to include and what to reject from the topic you have selected for your CLIL classes.
¿Cómo se aprende una lengua? Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – sample lesson plans
http://ateneu.xtec.cat/wikiform/wikiexport/cmd/lle/clsi/modul_6/apartat_2
¿Cómo se aprende una lengua? Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – sample lesson plans
http://ateneu.xtec.cat/wikiform/wikiexport/cmd/lle/clsi/modul_6/apartat_2 Ateneu - Materials i recursos per a la formació - Departament d'Ensen…dària
The focus of step 2 is that it is easier to transform ready-to-use materials than to start them from zero. Bear in mind that books usually contain better materials than web sites. The selection of activities proposed in step 3 implies that you already have a range of tasks at different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Proposing different kinds of tasks is usually a source of engagement for learners and promotes a student centered approach to your teaching.
¿Cómo se aprende una lengua? Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – sample lesson plans
http://ateneu.xtec.cat/wikiform/wikiexport/cmd/lle/clsi/modul_6/apartat_2
¿Cómo se aprende una lengua? Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL – sample lesson plans
http://ateneu.xtec.cat/wikiform/wikiexport/cmd/lle/clsi/modul_6/apartat_2 Ateneu - Materials i recursos per a la formació - Departament d'Ensen…dària
Once the content is clear and the tasks have been chosen, you must adapt all the materials to the language level of your students. Providing language scaffolding in all your activities is the main point of step 4.
Assessing English language since 1938
Lesson planning for CLIL
Robin Walker Trainer
Trinity College London, Spain
www.englishglobalcom.com [email protected]