CLIL Complete

A practical 4-day course for CLIL teachers containing all relevant topics in CLIL.

Content

Are you new or relatively new to CLIL and want to improve your CLIL teaching methodology? This is a practical course in content and language integrated learning, specially designed for all subject teachers.

CLIL teachers teach their subject (e.g. biology) and a second language (usually English) simultaneously. This course allows you to experience a variety of CLIL-focused activities and create your own ideas and materials for lessons.

Do you wonder how to motivate pupils to speak English in class? How to make sure texts and materials are at the right level? How to handle feedback in a CLIL class? This course addresses these topics.

The CLIL Complete course is open to teachers from all schools, and suitable for new as well as experienced CLIL teachers from all subjects.

Tailor made

It is possible to select a number of workshops especially for your school. Please contact us for the possibilities. We are happy to think along with you.

The CLIL Complete course includes the following topics:

- What is CLIL?

Introduction to CLIL and basic didactic principles.

- Active learning

Why is active learning important? You will experience various ‘active learning activities’ that you can use in your own classrooms immediately.

- Vocabulary in CLIL and the use of Personal Idiom Files (PIFs)

How do learners learn new language, how can you actively use vocab in your lessons and how can PIFs support vocab learning?

- Understanding input & Guiding Understanding in CLIL

Differentiating between content level and language level, and the role of scaffolding in your CLIL lessons.

- Encouraging Output: Speaking in CLIL

Why is spoken output important in CLIL lessons? What challenges do teachers face and what activities can help encouraging your learners to speak English?

- Encouraging Output: Writing in CLIL

How to design fun, challenging and authentic writing activities in CLIL? Taking into account the purpose, audience, structure and text type.

- Implementing European and International Orientation (EIO) in your lessons

What are key concepts of ElO and how can those be implemented in your lessons?

- Feedback in CLIL

What is effective feedback and how do you handle feedback on language in a CLIL lesson?

Please contact us for the planning of this course

Location:

Utrecht or at your school

Duration:

4 days

Language:

English

Price:

€925 (+ travel costs outside Utrecht)

Certification:

Certificate