Detailed programme of the mobility period:    

Day 1: Introduction to CLIL - setting the context

 

Morning:

•       Needs analysis

•       Defining CLIL

•       Variety in educational settings and contexts in CLIL. Sharing experiences- CLIL contexts in participants’ countries/schools.

Afternoon:

•       History and the underlying principles of CLIL

•       Qualities in skills required by teachers involved in CLIL

•       Motivating learners and teachers through CLIL

Day 2: Lesson Planning and the Four Dimensional CLIL Framework

 

Morning:

•       How to plan lessons using a CLIL approach. What do we need to consider when planning and delivering CLIL lessons

•       Integrating the 4Cs framework into CLIL activities

•       Developing Thinking Skills – HOTS, LOTS and the use of questions

•       Teaching objectives & learning outcomes and how they are related to subject and language

Afternoon:

•       Workshop- Planning lessons and developing materials within the framework of the 4Cs

Day 3: How to CLIL - Integrating Language and Content & The Selection and Adaptation of Materials in CLIL

 

Morning:

•       Language challenges in the classroom. The relationship between language and cognition- Content and Language Cognitive Demand (CCD & LCD)

•       Features of language to consider when teaching CLIL: BICS and CALP, Content-compatible and content-obligatory language

•       Language for managing the classroom and language for teaching subject content

•       Subject-centred vocabulary building. Methodology for presenting vocabulary

•       Tools for working with content- visual organisers and multimedia

Afternoon:

•       Identifying the 4Cs in CLIL materials and using the framework to analyse your materials

•       Subject-led and language-led materials approach- the purpose and different features

•       Strategies for adapting listening and reading texts for use in CLIL

•       Workshop- Key issues of materials in CLIL- evaluate, adapt and create materials for teaching your subjects in English

Day 4: Integrating EFL Techniques into Subject Teaching

 

Morning:

•       How to incorporate EFL techniques into subject teaching

•       Creative EFL methodologies to help communicate content (TBL, PBL, Lexical Approach, Flipped Classroom, NLP)

Afternoon:

•       Workshop- Designing a task and enquiry-based learning

Day 5: Assessment in CLIL

 

Morning:

•       Assessment in CLIL- The who, the how, the what and the why

•       Different types of assessment in CLIL

•       Assessing content & language-tools, strategies and techniques

•       Assessment for learning

Afternoon:

•       Feedback and discussion

•       Course Round-Up & Farewells