THE CLIL PYRAMID

what is clil?: the clil module THE CLIL PYRAMID

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Index

Topic Selection

Objectives

Activities

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Bibliography

Choice of media

What is a CLIL Pyramid?

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Teamwork

Task design

The CLIL pillars

Pyramid Steps

CLIL workout

objectives

TO CHOOSE THE MEDIA.

TO KNOW WHAT A CLIL PYRAMID IS.

TO ANALYSE THE CLIL PILLARS.

TO DESIGN ACTIVITIES.

TO KNOW THE CLIL WORKOUT.

TO IDENTIFY THE FOUR PYRAMID STEPS.

TO REFLECT ABOUT CLIL PYRAMID.

TO ORGANIZE THE TOPIC SELECTION.

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

4Cs-Framework (Oliver Meyer, 2010)

• 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:

PYRAMID STEPS

Pyramid Steps (Oliver Meyer, 2010)

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

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

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

TOPIC SELECTION

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.

CHOICE OF MEDIA

Choice of media

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

• 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.

TASK DESIGN

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

SCAFFOLDING LEARNING

RICH INTERACTION AND PUSHED OUTPUT

INSIGHTS CLIL RESEARCH

RICH INPUT

INTERCULTURAL DIMENSION

SUSTAINABLE LEARNING

HOT

Task design

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

CLIL WORKOUT

CLIL Workout

CONSOLIDATION ACTIVITIES (activities to revise content)

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (activities to develop knowledge and skills)

PRE-ACTIVITIES (activities to activate prior knowledge)

ACTIVITIES

OUR GOAL

ACTIVITIES

10 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.

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TEAMWORK

TEAMWORK

Carla Echegoyen Martinez

Nuria María Mancilla cantos

Leire Astorga Vargas

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

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