Focus on Speaking Skills in Clil Contexts
This session gives us the opportunity to talk about the importance of communicative competence in clil, in the light of, what in clil terms is called, "reconceptualization of language". A brief overview of some learning theories about learning and second language acquisition (Vygotsky, Cummins and Krashen) should help us understand the role played by the teacher in promoting intellectually demanding work.
When this happens .. the teacher is creating a genuine need for learners to acquire the appropriate language
Most of the research carried out in clil classroom has shown that the oral interaction is still exceedingly low.
There is therefore a need to foster speaking activities which can engage students within clil classrooms
Participants are invited to try out in their classrooms some of those speaking activities presented: ie Balloon Debate, Prove it, Rubric Jigsaw for Prentations
Next session on 6th May they will be asked to share their feedback with the rest of the class
The aim of this blog is to attract CLIL teachers who have started or are about to start teaching their subject in - or shall we say through - English. Language teachers are also mostly welcomed to share not only resources but mainly their ideas and teaching experiencies.
