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Smart English: Real topics for CLIL and exams

Smart English: Real topics for CLIL and exams. Anna Whitcher Brookemead ELT London & San Francisco. Smart English A2 Part A / Part B.

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Smart English: Real topics for CLIL and exams

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  1. Smart English:Real topics for CLIL and exams Anna Whitcher Brookemead ELT London & San Francisco

  2. Smart English A2Part A / Part B

  3. Quick Smart English – 3 levels

  4. The beginning • Forming ideas and topics with main author Rebecca Robb Benne. • Asking basic questions and pushing them further. • Keeping exams in mind and making it real.

  5. Basic questions we asked • Who is our audience? • What interests them? • What does their world look like?

  6. The audience

  7. Their world

  8. The classroom

  9. Further questions asked • How do we build upon what’s already in their world? • What are the important elements? • How can we apply these elements to their learning of English?

  10. The five elements of Smart English • Real lives • Real voices • Real topics • Real video • Real skills

  11. Real lives and real voices

  12. Real skills • Four skills with an emphasis on speaking • Communication strategies • Language chunks

  13. Language banks

  14. Using the flaps

  15. 10 steps in each unit 1 The Big Question 2 Vocabulary 3 Listening 4 Role play 5 Reading 6 Grammar 7 Conversation 8 CLIL 9 Writing 10 Your answer

  16. Spread A: The Big Question, Vocabulary

  17. Spread B:Listening, Role Play

  18. Spread C:Reading, Grammar, Conversation

  19. Spread D:CLIL, Writing, Your Answer

  20. CLIL in Smart English • Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) or content teaching • Topics that interest students (genetics, street art, moods, animation, the music industry, etc.)

  21. Challenges with CLIL • For teachers, having enough background knowledge in a subject area • For lower level classes, selecting topics that aren’t too vocabulary intensive • For students, avoiding frustration if they are not able to express their knowledge of the subject

  22. How do we meet the CLIL challenge? • Choose topics that we as teachers feel moderately comfortable with • Encourage students to select topics that are of genuine interest to them • Find and use a variety of materials (print, online, realia) to support the topics

  23. How the videos work with CLIL • Add visual support to illustrate the topic • Make unfamiliar or taboo topics real to students and teachers • Use real students when possible to discuss the topic and give examples

  24. Providing visual support

  25. Making topics real

  26. Using student voices

  27. Video worksheets

  28. CLIL topics in Part B • Ecotourism (Zoology) • Phobias (Psychology) • Bank accounts (Economics) • Water and the body (Physiology) • Gravity (Physics)

  29. Smart English and exams • Trinity G3 and G4 (Graded Examinations in Spoken English) • Cambridge KET (Key English Test)

  30. Contents map

  31. Online tools • Used for all writing sections (#9 in the 10 steps of the unit) • ALL student-generated material • Online tools include Glogster, Storybird, Flickr, PowerPoint, and others.

  32. Good for lower level learners Highly visual and fun graphics Allows for more creativity Glogster (www.glogster.com)

  33. Good for all levels since students write all of their own text Can be simple or more complex Wide variety of art gives inspiration Storybird (www.storybird.com)

  34. Gives students a chance to write more with prompts Can import clip art, photos, other graphics More familiar platform PowerPoint

  35. More topics in Part B • Recycling and art (in USA) • Summer camp (in USA) • Ecotourism (in Mexico) • Collectors and inventors (in UK) • Tech arts (in USA) • School and exams (in UK) • Space camp (in USA)

  36. What to expect…

  37. Components Student’s Book Workbook Audio CDs (2) DVD videos Video booklet Teacher’s notes (online) Tests & exam practice (online) Additional IWB materials (2012)

  38. Brookemead ELT UK PO Box 58230 London N1 1HS UK + 44 20 7700 7517 + 44 20 7607 5705 Brookemead ELT USA PO Box 135 3450 Sacramento St San Francisco, CA 94118 USA Contact Brookemead ELT

  39. Brookemead ELT info@brookemead-elt.co.uk www.brookemead.com Duncan Prowse Anna Whitcher anna_whitcher

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