READING 6:
Integrate content into primary language learning
By Carol Read
Recently schools which use CLIL programmes have
increased a lot. Remember that CLIL is teach a subject through another
language, in this way, there are objectives which relate the subject and the
language. In fact, we should think about the subjects as a vehicle for
developing language.
It is important to plan engaging activities
that can motivate student to learn. We have to choose carefully which areas of
the curriculum are we going to teach. If we create enjoyable activities
children will be encouraged to use the language as a tool to do things which
are relevant for them.
In order to plan good lessons we should take
into account that the activities developed in the lesson need to have a logical
sequence and have to be linked between them. These activities will help
students to learn in a challenging way.
It is important to organize activities in this
points to link them in a good way:
- - Concepts
- - Cognitive
demands and thinking skills
- - Language
demands and skills
- - Other
learning skills and strategies
- - Attitudes
It would be also useful to use this learning
sequence:
Things I already know about the contentà what I’m going to doà How I’m going to do ità Doing the activityà Talking about what I’ve doneà Evaluating what I have done
Benefits of
content-based learning
- Some benefits of content-based learning are:
- - More
interesting lessons
- - Increased
motivation
- - Language
is used with a concrete purpose
- - Children
use different combinations of intelligences
- - It
encourages children to work more independently
Reflections
- We have to analyze and plan each content-based
activity in terms of:
- - Cognitive
demands
- - Language
demands
- - Interest
- - Learning
sequence
- - Aims
and outcomes
- - Classroom
communication
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