LESSON 4: TECHNICAL APPLICATION

LESSON 3:We dessign the technique

LESSON 2:CONTEXTUALIZING

LESSON 1: What about the techniques?

DIDACTIC UNIT "EXCHANGING INFORMATION TECHNIQUES"

WHICH TRAINING COURSES WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO AS A TEACHER?. WHY? WHICH IS, IN YOUR OPINION, THE BEST WAY TO SHARE GOOD PRACTICE AMONGST TEACHING PROFESSIONALS? WHY?

 Longlife learning refers to the way adults keep learning no matter what kind of job they have. We live in a changing society and we need to adapt it. The needs of pupils are different and we have to be able to design an educational  environment so that students could get the skills and tools necessary for their current and future lives.

This way, the courses I think they are more crucial are related to:

-          Languages: the CLIL treatment is very important nowadays. Through this methodology we can reach a real language learning. We live in a global world which makes necessary to learn one or more foreign languages to communicate to everybody, in different countries. To find interesting resources for your subject is a priority. We are starting to teach following this method, so we still are lack of resources. Learning the way of creating new activities and contents is a key point.  Furthermore, I consider it´s necessary to create a network in order to share these resources.

-          Group dynamics: to know how to engage people in a group, what type of dynamics exist, which techniques benefit  the group atmosphere, to improve the relationship among schoolmates and teacher and above all, how  to foster the communication. These type of tools would help to improve my CLIL method.

-          My specific content: community development is a very complex topic which involves many different authors with different visions. There is an urgent need of getting updated as new burning issues are  coming out from new real situations. 

-         New  technologies: every year there is a new program or application that   would be necessary for me. In this regard,  I think it´s necessary to take up an annual technology course.  Internet resources can be very useful to  organize and improve our daily class.

IF YOU WERE NOT LIMITED BY THE DEMANDS OF THE NATIONAL/REGIONAL CURRICULUM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU WOULD TEACH YOUR STUDENTS ABOUT YOUR SUBJECT (IN A CLIL CONTEXT). HOW WOULD YOU ASSES THEIR LEARNING?

If I have this hypothetical situation, I think that I would organise more team groups and more experienced activities. I would focus in the process rather than in the content, the final achievement. This way, I would arranged my activities prioritizing one contents over others.

For example, in CLIL context, we have to use four principles in my subject, community development.

CULTURE:

            I would visit different events that it happens in our community: cultural events,  festivities, to know the traditional crafts, to talk about reference people, to be in a dairy activities in associations, socio-cultural centers… I would find interesting  that students could establish interaction among people from other communities. Also, I would be interested in foreign people who speak English to practice one another.

COMMUNICATION:

            As a consequence, the culture content is related to  communication content. They are directly related to. I would recommend to speak to native speakers: teachers, adults teacher, immigrants, other students from other schools or highschool. It would be wonderful to create videos about these experiences and we can explain about them in English.

COGNITION:

            Once we have created the atmosphere and the context to speak and establish relation with the community´s activities, students will learn the theoretical issues in English.   In this way we can make sure that the pupils have learnt the theory , based on their experience.

CONTENT:

            I would have compulsory content on the one hand, because it´s necessary to understand the subject: the community (and their parts) and the social resources. And, on the other hand, I would have optional contents depending on type of activities we would do. I would have time to attend students who are  interested in different topics in my subject. Students would choose what type of contents are more attractive for them

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT MY PERSONAL TEACHING CONTEXT, WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING THE ELP WITH MY GROUPS?

The  European Language Portfolio is a personal document  that every student can fill in with their improvements in learning English.  My subject is Development Community  and we could use it.

Now, I am going to explain the advantages and disadvantages about this educational linguistic resource.

ELP has some advantages.  I consider  that students could be aware  of their progress every day. It´s a motivational way to learn in the CLIL method. The three components of the ELP are:

-          Language Passport:  it is recorded formal qualifications, and I can see the learning individual process of English and the student as well. There are three types of assesment: self, teacher and official exams. This resource is more formal and it would be related to academic issues.

-          Language Biography: can be interesting to record different social experiences that students can show about themselves. For example, have conversations with foreign people with surveys, interviews…etc. We can create fascinating experiences among people from different nationalities and cultures.

-          My language dossier: in this section, pupils can introduce the differents assignments. For example, in my subject related to participation in different events in the community: social meetings, discussion social- groups,  volunteering in an association, participation in different   cultural activities…etc.

With regards to disadvantages, we can see different problems that it could happen if I use the ELP: In the first place, I can say that in order to develop this tool,  you need time to show, explain and use it.  However,  teachers always need time   to make students   get the objectives.  It´s obvious that we want to use this tool, it´s necessary to explain how to use it and explain how it will be used throughtout school year. We need to balance  what it is more important to pupils according to time, pupils features and achievements.

To sum up, it´s crucial when using the CLIL methodology to find resources to motivate our students.   ELP is one of those key elements that can help us to do it. 

BANK OF RESOURCES ABOUT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS

http://www.isabelperez.com/clil/clicl_m_5.htm

Here you can find a bank of resources which we can use in the internet.

These resources are related to subjects such as...

Natural Science, biology, literature, history, art, geography, philosophy...

ECLILT PROJECT

This article deal with a ECLILT project in which eight partner countries participate  with the aim of
enhancing the quality and European dimension of teacher training in CLIL through the organization and delivery of pilot courses to stimulate the introduction of CLIL provision on a broader scale in secondary schools (pupils aged 11-18).

"The goals of the project were to:

1. Create a blended, trans-national model training course (on-line and face-to-face) for CLIL teacher trainers and pre-service and in-service secondary school subject teachers in CLIL adaptable to different countries, consisting of 120 hours (30 contact hours and an on-line component of 90 hours)

2. Provide a course guide book with sample material in the eight target languages

3. Create a CD-ROM with simulations of the way the learning platform's functionality and content have been exploited, together with extensive samples of the course material and peer exchanges."

The website is:

http://revistas.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/LACLIL/article/viewFile/2626/2762

Author: Marilyn HUNT University of Warwick (Warwick, UK)

The method CLIL explained clearly!

Attach this video about CLIL

CMAPTOOLS about CLIL by Isabel Pérez Torres

Useful speaking tools!

I recommend you:


www.testj.org/questions

Amazing resources

bogglesworld.com
busyteacher.com
teach-this.com
islcollective.com
eslpartyland.com
elllo.org

Reading practice!

to practice

elllo.org
eslgold.com
es-lab.com

Brief and interesting local video about participation: If you've ever wondered how to get young people involved in local projects, check out this new resource from the Ministry of Youth Development which shows you how. The Ministry of Youth Development is administered by the Ministry of Social Development.

My best teacher and how he inspired me to become a teacher

Since I was a child I wanted to be a teacher. I remember seeing my infant teachers and I felt admiration. It was a normal experience when you were discovering the adult world. Teachers were for me people I could trust,  but I didn´t know why. Even more, I used to play to be a teacher and my friends were my pupils. I suppose it was  a childhood thing. On the other hand, I don´t remember any teacher who has influenced on me in particular. 

However I remember being more relaxed with sympathetic teachers. I was afraid when teachers asked me in class, or they were angry or annoyed for something. I hate when they created a bad atmosphere because we had a bad behaviour. I never dared to talk because I was very shy. I prefered to be with friendly teachers, although  in their class pupils talked very much. 

Until I arrived to University I have never admired the way of teaching. I remember specially my Philosophy of Education teacher . He made me think a lot about   many  things in life. His classes were about controversial situations. I thought that I would like to be like him when I were old. He was a knowledgeable person and he made us learn to think  and consider a lot of things about our life. 

To sum up,  there are a lot of kind teachers, but it´s true that vocational teachers are clearly recognizable.

THE CAPSULED: I would suggest you this web site

A website to teachers who want to share their own creations. The Capsuled think that  good ideas can  change the world.

I recommend everybody to sign in and work together!

http://justificaturespuesta.com/the-capsuled-la-primera-red-social-exclusiva-de-educacion/

LEARNING RESOURSES

Hi! My name is Javier and I want to propose and share different learning resources for applying CLIL method.