1. CLIL

2. Session Two - Review In pairs:
What do the letters B I C & S stand for?
Give some examples of classroom language.
What do the letters C A L & P stand for?
How long may it take to achieve CALP?

3. Key Concepts - BICS
Basic
Interpersonal
Classroom
Skills

4. Key Concepts - CALP
Cognitive
Academic
Language
Proficiency

5. Communication Skills Content, Communication, Cognition, Culture
‘By using the language for learning content, communication becomes meaningful because language is a tool for communication, not an end in itself’ (Pérez-Vidal, 2009)
Production of the language in oral and written forms
Meaningful interaction
Increased Student Talking Time (STT)
Pair and group work
Pair and group self-evaluation and feedback

6. Task 1 – identifying types of communication
Conditions improved as a result of better harvests
The rulers needed educated workers to rule their countries
Which sentence expresses a purpose?
Which sentence expresses cause and effect?

7. Task 2
Give some examples of the following useful language for your student in your subjects:
Asking for and giving opinions
Asking questions
Explaining cause
Explaining result/effect
Classifying
Comparing and contrasting
Giving conclusions
Defining and describing
Evaluating
Predicting & hypothesising

8. Code-switching
Should we be using Italian in our CLIL classes?