Participants will learn about pedagogical methods, strategies, techniques and innovations in Education related with CLIL and how to put CLIL into practice.
| Methodological Content | Language Content |
|---|---|
| Approaching CLIL - Implications for Curriculum Design | Materials Development for CLIL Contexts |
| Implementing CLIL - CLIL Methodology | Professional Language Development |
Programme Content
Our CLIL programme focuses on:
- Practical ideas to scaffold content and language in the classroom
- Planning and supporting language demands: BICS and CALP
- The place of thinking skills
- Test instruments and assessment procedures which can be used in the CLIL classroom
- Review of a range of books, internet and print resources for the participants’ classes
- Materials development
- Creating a language-rich classroom environment: word walls, timelines, anchor charts, posters, etc
- Cooperative learning
- Establishing cross-curricular links: practical ideas to connect Science, Literacy, Arts and Crafts or P.E.
- ICT resources for the classroom
- Basic discourse analysis in key curriculum areas
- Vocabulary-building activities.
In addition, we will address Classroom Language Improvement and Language for Managing the Classroom. Our programme will include a School Attachment Placement.
Programme Aims
Our CLIL programme aims to:
- Explore in practical ways the materials and methodology appropriate to CLIL
- Consider the qualities and skills required by teachers involved in CLIL
- Consider the modes of delivery and types of classroom interaction most appropriate to CLIL
- Enable participants to design content lesson plans taught in English
- Enable participants to create materials for classroom use in teaching content lessons in the CLIL classroom
- Build participants’ confidence in the professional use of English in the classroom
- Practise language needed to teach specialist subjects in English
- Enable participants to become reflective practitioners as teachers and to develop their critical thinking skills as classroom teachers.
Learning Resource Centre
A range of resources to support you
Our Learning Resources Centre is a whole building dedicated specifically to learning resources, where far from the traditional materials of a library, participants will find resources from and to be used in schools, for every subject and curricular level.
Approaches to Learning
Study in a supportive learning environment
We will use active learning methods involving practical activities, problem-solving strategies, reflection and developing critical thinking strategies. Our programme will examine examples of good pedagogic practice both in the UK and elsewhere.
Contact Us
Francisco J Melara Gutierrez
University of Chichester, Bognor Regis Campus, Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis. West Sussex, PO21 1HR, UK
Tel: +44 1243793527
Email: F.MelaraGutierrez@chi.ac.uk
