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Practical Activities for CLIL. Nina Lauder Seville – February 2007. Outline for Today’s Session. Warm up Oral activities in class Practical activities Evaluation and feedback. Why use oral activities in class?. They encourage learning a language in a natural, real context.
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Practical Activities for CLIL Nina Lauder Seville – February 2007
Outline for Today’s Session • Warm up • Oral activities in class • Practical activities • Evaluation and feedback
Why use oral activities in class? • They encourage learning a language in a natural, real context. • They encourage students to predict meaning and ‘get the gist’ of what is being said. • They increase the students’ exposure to English • They provide a meaningful purpose to English. • They give students a chance to improve their listening skills • They are motivating and educational. • They tie in with the Common European Framework which makes an emphasis on developing communication skills.
Possible drawbacks… What are some possible drawbacks to using oral activities in class? • Students end up using their mother tongue to do the activity • Students feel uncomfortable speaking English or lack fluency • They can get noisy
Practical Activities • Numbers in her life • What’s different? • What’s missing? • Dinosaur Data (with cross curricular connections) • Pairwork • Clap if correct
Numbers in HER life… Unscramble the letters to find the name of this famous inventor: A R I M E / R I C U E Why were these numbers important in her life? 1867 1934 2 1911 4
What’s missing? • Study the pictures for 15 seconds *NO PENS*
Dinosaur Data Unscramble these questions: name / What’s / your? long / are / you / How? you / are / How / tall? live / Where / do / you? carnivore / you / Are / a ? do / How / move / you ? you / got / have / other / qualities?
Dinosaur Data • Look at your ‘Dino Info Card’ • Ask questions to other dinosaurs DINO INFO CARD Name: Tyrannosaurus rex Size: 12.4 metres long, 5 – 6 metres tall Habitat: humid, sub-tropical forests Eating habits: carnivore Movement: on two, strong legs Additional information: one of the biggest dinosaurs; very fierce
Dinosaur Data Questions What’s your name? How long are you? How tall are you? Where do you live? Are you a carnivore? How do you move? Have you got other qualities?
Dinosaur Data Chart Pupils fill in a chart when asking questions: THIS INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBPAGE
Cross-Curricular Connections • What other subject areas could dinosaurs be tied into? How? • Work in groups and build a mind map of possible activities Graphs Maths Geography DINOSAURS
Cross-Curricular Connections -tools for discovering dinos -on-line quizzes -where dinosaurs lived -map work -climate Technology Geography Maths DINOSAURS -Graphs -Measurements -make model dinos -make puppets -dino mural Art Physical Education Science -how animals move -healthy diets/habits History -bones, muscles -fossils -time lines -life spans
Resources • Photocopiable resource books www.link2english.com • Non-fiction readers and reference books • Internet(on-line activities and photocopiable material) • ELT Coursebooks and resources INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC TITLES AND WEBLINKS ON WEBPAGE
Thank you for coming!! Good luck and happy teaching! ninatrabajo@yahoo.es