CLIL - Teaching Other Subjets Through English

Course Summary

Across Europe more and more schools require teachers to teach their subjects in English. The aim of this course is to help you gain confidence in your ability to get better and better at using English in relation to the content of subjects. This course is both a language and methodology course. It will not be subject specific but will work on language that is needed across the curriculum. However, participants will have the opportunity to teach a topic related to their teaching subject.

Programme of the training activities

• The language of classroom management and instruction
• Improving your ability to explain subjects in simple or complex English, as required.
• Improvement of your English in all four skills
• Methodology that can be used across the curriculum
• Ways to help students get the most out of learning in another language.

Expected results
As a result of attending this course, the participants will be more confident and more at ease dealing with the various challenges that teaching a subject through English presents.

Is this the right course for me?

• Yes, if you teach another subject through English.
• Yes, if you want teaching ideas relevant to teaching any subject.
• Yes, if you want to improve your own English.

If this is not the right course for you, please consider the following:

• English for Primary Teachers or English for Secondary Teachers for a more language focused course.

Programme of the training activities day by day:
Please note this is an example of a daily programme. Course content may often be usefully adapted to incorporate the needs of each specific group.

Week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday AM
9.30-10.30 Group Bonding Some General Issues Working on input 1 Key speech acts in CLIL lesson Drawing conclusions 11.00-12.30 Needs analysis and Goal Setting The language of classroom management Working on input 2 Explaining: providing examples to elaborate and to reduce Describing something processes PM
14.00-15.30 What is CLIL The language of instructions Explaining concepts Evaluating: knowing how to argue and provide evidence Week review and feedback

Recommended reading: Please note to do not need to buy or bring these books to the course with you.

• "Teaching Other Subjects Through English" S. Deller & C. Price (OUP) 200
• "Modern Languages Across the Curriculum."" Ed. M. Grenfell (Routledge Falmer) 2002
• "Learning through a Foreign Language" J. Masih (Scottish CILT) 1999

Type of the certification awarded in the language of the training:
Attendance certificate detailing topics covered and course content.