Practical Activities for CLILPractical Activities for CLIL
Nina Lauder Nina Lauder
Alcázar de San Juan - 2007Alcázar de San Juan - 2007
Qui ne connaît pas de langues
étrangères ne sait rien de la sienne.
One who does not know foreign languages knows nothing of their
own.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Outline for Today’s Session Outline for Today’s Session
Warm up
Oral activities in class
Practical activities
Evaluation and feedback
Important numbers in my lifeImportant numbers in my life Draw the following chart
Now listen and fill in the first column
Compare with a partner
Number My guess Correct answer
Numbers in my lifeNumbers in my life
105 105
41010 41010
2121
1991 1991
1.65 1.65
3636
Check your answers and work in pairs of groups to try and GUESS why these numbers are important to me….
Why use oral activities in class?Why use oral activities in class?
They encourage learning a language in a natural, real context.
They increase the students’ exposure to English They provide a meaningful purpose to English. They give students a chance to improve
listening skills They tie in with the Common European
Framework which makes an emphasis on developing communication skills.
www.cepsevilla.es (Recursos – Materiales de Plurilinguismo)
Possible drawbacks…Possible drawbacks…What are some possible drawbacks
to using oral activities in class?
• Students end up using their mother tongue to do the activity
• Students feel uncomfortable speaking English or lack fluency
• They can get noisy
L’ouverture des frontières et la mondialisation des échanges, comme les progrès de l’intégration européenne,
font de la connaissance des langues un enjeu essentiel, professionnel et culturel, pour le citoyen de demain.
Practical ActivitiesPractical Activities
Numbers in her life
What’s different?
What’s missing?
Dinosaur Data (with cross curricular connections)
Pairwork
Clap if correct
Numbers in HER life…Numbers in HER life…
Unscramble the letters to find the Unscramble the letters to find the
name of this famous inventor:name of this famous inventor:
A R I M E / R I C U E A R I M E / R I C U E
Why were these numbers important in her Why were these numbers important in her life?life?
1867 1934 2 1911 4 1867 1934 2 1911 4
What’s different?What’s different?
AA
BB
CC
- 3 - 3 645645 1515 3 ½3 ½
What’s missing? Study the pictures for 15 seconds Study the pictures for 15 seconds
**NO PENSNO PENS**
Bunsen burner laptop
test tube skipping rope
metronome
calculator
pen drive mouse globe
projector
Now…what’s missing?
Dinosaur DataDinosaur Data
Unscramble these questions:
name / What’s / your? long / are / you / How? you / are / How / tall?
live / Where / do / you? carnivore / you / Are / a ? do / How / move / you ?
you / got / have / other / qualities?
Dinosaur DataDinosaur DataLook at your ‘Dino Info Card’
Ask questions to other dinosaurs
DINO INFO CARDName: Tyrannosaurus rexSize: 12.4 metres long, 5 – 6 metres tallHabitat: humid, sub-tropical forests Eating habits: carnivore Movement: on two, strong legs Additional information: one of the biggest dinosaurs; very fierce
Dinosaur Data QuestionsDinosaur Data Questions
What’s your name?
How long are you?
How tall are you?
Where do you live?
Are you a carnivore?
How do you move?
Have you got other qualities?
Dinosaur Data ChartDinosaur Data Chart
NameName SizeSize HabitatHabitat Eating Eating HabitsHabits
MovementMovement Additional Additional informationinformation
….metres long
…..metres tall
Humid, sub-tropical
forest
Very
fierce; one
of the ……..
dinosaurs ….metres long
…..metres tall
On …….., sturdy
…….
Three horns;
large skull
Pupils fill in a chart when asking questions:
THIS INFORMATION IS IN ‘FORMATO DIGITAL’ OR ON CEP SEVILLE WEBSITE (RECURSOS – MATERIA PLURILINGUISMO)
Cross-Curricular ConnectionsCross-Curricular Connections
What other subject areas could dinosaurs be tied into? How?
Work in groups and build a mind map of possible activities
DINOSAURS
Maths
Graphs
Geography
Cross-Curricular ConnectionsCross-Curricular Connections
DINOSAURS
Maths
-Graphs
-Measurements
Geography
Physical Education
-where dinosaurs lived
-map work
-climate
-how animals move
-healthy diets/habits
Art
-make model dinos
-make puppets
-dino mural
-dinos from plastecine
History
-time lines
-life spans
Science
-bones, muscles
-fossils
Technology
-tools for discovering dinos
-on-line quizzes
Infant ClassesInfant Classes
COLOURING
FINGER PUPPET
DRAWINGS
Projects Projects
Dinosaurs Lived Long AgoDinosaurs Lived Long Ago(sung to "London Bridge is Falling Down")(sung to "London Bridge is Falling Down")
Dinosaurs lived long ago, long ago, long ago,
Dinosaurs lived long ago, That's prehistoric!
Brontosaurus was very big, very big, very big,
Brontosaurus was very big, that's prehistoric!
SongsSongs
En FrançaisEn Français
La vie se développe dans l'eau: bactéries, algues puis animaux au corps mous (éponge, vers ..)
Précambrien (< 570 millions d'années)
Ere primaire (570 millions à 235
millions d'années)
coquillage, animaux invertébrés à carapace
(570 M.A.)
puis règne des poissons cuirassés (550 M.A)
puis règne des grands amphibiens (340 M.A.)
Ere secondaire (245 millions à 65
millions d'années)
Règne des dinosaures
Resources Resources Photocopiable resource booksPhotocopiable resource books www.link2english.com www.link2english.com
Non-fiction readers and reference booksNon-fiction readers and reference books
InternetInternet (on-line activities and photocopiable material)(on-line activities and photocopiable material)
ELT Coursebooks and resourcesELT Coursebooks and resources
MORE INFORMATION IN ‘FORMATO DIGITAL’
Thank you for coming!!
Merci beaucoup!
Good luck and happy teaching!