Description of Course Contents:
Sessions will cover the basic methodology of teaching English as a foreign language and look at practical ways for using this methodology in the CLIL classroom. The course will look at ways of exploiting and adapting texts for CLIL classes and involve evaluation of materials currently in use in CLIL classrooms around the world. By the end of the course, participants will have a basic knowledge of EFL methodology and a framework for planning a CLIL lesson. The course is useful both for teachers already teaching using CLIL and for those who may be required to do so in the future.
Target Groups
This course is for primary, secondary school teachers and adult students.
Aims of course
• To improve participants’ English language skills while exploring the principles behind CLIL
• To provide participants with an understanding of how to combine language and subject teaching within a workable lesson framework
• To explore ways for enhancing learning materials used by participants in the classroom
• To have the opportunity to experience CLIL for themselves through the use of CEC’s E-Learning platform which gives training in webskills through the use of English, neatly combining subject and language acquisition
SAMPLE TIMETABLE
Monday
1. Introduction to the course - warmers and icebreakers effective ways of starting lessons
2. CLIL 1 – the principals behind CLIL and ways of approaching a CLIL lesson
Tuesday
1. Language Clinic: Talking about language and skills - terminology of the parts of speech and language skills in EFL
2. CLIL2 – lesson planning. Stages of a CLIL lesson and approaches to planning topic based lesson. Identifying potential language difficulties in lessons
Wednesday
1. Lexis: Ways of presenting vocabulary, conveying meaning and checking understanding of new lexical terms
2. Technology in the CLIL classroom; Setting up and using webquests
3. Reading: Exploiting and adapting texts for the CLIL classroom
Thursday
1. Language Clinic: Review of Present Tenses. CLIL model
2. Phonology; Features of phonology at word and sentence level – Integrating pronunciation into lessons
Friday
1. Language Clinic: Review of Past Tenses. CLIL model
2. Speaking: – Speaking skills and interaction strategies. Setting up a speaking activity and exploiting them effectively – controlled to freer practice
Monday
1. Writing: – Training good writers; an integrated approach to writing
2. E-Learning – blended learning for CLIL
Tuesday
1. Language Clinic: Conditionals CLIL model lesson
2. Use of resources 1: Exploiting and adapting course book materials – criteria for adapting and supplementing
3. Technology; Using Wikis and blogs
Wednesday
1. Listening: Types of listening skills, setting up a listening task– ways to help learners become effective listeners
2. Micro-teaching preparation
Thursday
1. Use of resources 2: Using authentic materials and technology in the classroom
2. Micro-teaching practice
Friday
1. Error Correction; Correction and feedback – when, what, how and who to correct? Correcting spoken and written production – content vs. language
2. Testing and assessment: Testing content and language successfully – approaches to test deign in CLIL
Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:
bilard *, bowling *, cycling *, football *, horse riding *
boat cruises *, cinema afternoon/evening *, city tour/walk, conversation practice, country walk/trekking, cultural activities, dance lessons/workshops, dinner in a typical restaurant, extra grammar lessons, guided city tours *, guided museum tours *, international evenings, karaoke *, lectures on various topics, museum visits, orientation tour, pronunciation lessons/workshops, pub and restaurant evenings, shopping, theme workshops, visit to a brewery *, visits to music festivals *
Midleton Distillery *, Cobh *, Blarney Castle *, Kinsale and Charlesfort *, Cork City Gaol *, Cliffs of Moher *, Fota Wildlife Park *, Killarney Park and Torc Waterfalls *, Bunratty Castle *, The Ring of Kerry *, Kilkenny *, Crawford Art Gallery *, Abbey *, Jameson Distillery *
* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne
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