THE CLIL PYRAMID

what is clil?: the clil module THE CLIL PYRAMID

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Teamwork

Bibliography

Activities

CLIL workout

Task design

Choice of media

Topic Selection

Pyramid Steps

The CLIL pillars

What is a CLIL Pyramid?

Objectives

Index

objectives

TO REFLECT ABOUT CLIL PYRAMID.

TO KNOW THE CLIL WORKOUT.

TO DESIGN ACTIVITIES.

TO CHOOSE THE MEDIA.

TO ORGANIZE THE TOPIC SELECTION.

TO IDENTIFY THE FOUR PYRAMID STEPS.

TO ANALYSE THE CLIL PILLARS.

TO KNOW WHAT A CLIL PYRAMID IS.

WHAT IS A CLIL PYRAMID?

The CLIL Pyramid is a planning tool to help teachers organize their lessons. It is based on the 4Cs-Framework: content, cognition, communication and culture. It follows the principles based on CLIL insights, second language acquisition, methodology, cognitivism, observation and critical thinking.

The clil pillars

• CONTENT:

The contents are focused on knowledge and personalised learning (students create their own knowledge). Activity:

• COGNITION:

Thinking processes are analysed in their linguistic demands. Activity:

• COMMUNICATION:

There is a relationship between the language, the context, the contents and the cognitive processes. Activity:

• CULTURE:

Intercultural awareness. Activity:

4Cs-Framework (Oliver Meyer, 2010)

PYRAMID STEPS

2. Choice of media: It is related to the selection of resources (digital resources, authentic materials and realia). Activity:

3. Task design: We must take into account the input (must be meaningful, taking into account students´ interests), and the functional and academic language. Activity:

4. CLIL workout: Review of contents and activate the previous knowledge. Activity:

1. Topic selection: The topic must be chosen according to the students´ age and cognition, taking into account the official curiculum. Activity:

Pyramid Steps (Oliver Meyer, 2010)

TOPIC SELECTION

The content is given by the Royal Decree 126/2014, of February 28th, which establishes the basic curriculum of Primary Education. Basic curriculum of Primary Education. Subject: Natural Sciences. BLOCK 2: Human beings and health. Healthy habits to prevent disease.

Topic Selection

CHOICE OF MEDIA

• A Power Point presentation related to healthy and unhealthy food.

• A role-play in the supermarket related to healthy food.

• Picture dictation related to physical activity. Then, the students will perform the sport.

• A dice game with words and pictures related to healthy food for creating a storytelling.

We have selected a great variety of resources to provide multimodal input. Activities:

Choice of media

TASK DESIGN

INSIGHTS CLIL RESEARCH

SUSTAINABLE LEARNING

HOT

INTERCULTURAL DIMENSION

RICH INTERACTION AND PUSHED OUTPUT

RICH INPUT

SCAFFOLDING LEARNING

STRATEGIES FOR DESIGNING CLIL-ORIENTED TASKS (OLIVER MEYER, 2010)

This implies considering the students developmental stage, linguistic competence, and also linking learning to students´ experiences. Therefore, tasks must be designed to combine both higher order thinking and lead to genuine and meaningful communication in different formats and ways. It is essential to encourage students to share knowledge as it requires cognitive skills, understanding of others, their ideas and their culture. The more demanding the task, the more scaffolding students need to ensure the learning.

• Cognition
• Communication
• Output scaffolding

Task design

CLIL WORKOUT

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (activities to develop knowledge and skills)

CONSOLIDATION ACTIVITIES (activities to revise content)

PRE-ACTIVITIES (activities to activate prior knowledge)

CLIL Workout

ACTIVITIES

OUR GOAL

ACTIVITIES

10 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ministry of Education. Royal Decree 126/2014, of February 28th, which establishes the basic curriculum of Primary Education. Meyer, O. (2010). Introducing the CLIL-Pyramid: Key Strategies and Principles for Quality CLIL Planning and Teaching. In: Eisenmann, María and Summer,Theresa (eds.) (2010): Basic Issues in EFL-Teaching and Learning. Heidelberg: Winter. Forthcoming.

Bibliography

TEAMWORK

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Leire Astorga Vargas

Carla Echegoyen Martinez

Nuria María Mancilla cantos

TEAMWORK

"Education is not the learning of facts, it´s rather the training of the mind to think." Albert Einstein.

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