CLIL and TBL
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CLIL:
• generates the kind of written text and
discussion that reflect the uses of language
which will be required of learners in the real
world.
• treats language as a tool for research and as a
vehicle for the exchange of information.
• treats language as a meaning system, valued
for what it can do.
• places grammar and vocabulary in their
proper place as means to an end, not as an end
in themselves.
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Characterising tasks.
• (Is the activity engaging?)
• Is there a primary focus on meaning?
• Is there an outcome?
• Is success judged in terms of outcome?
• Is completion a priority?
• Does the activity relate to real world
activities?
• Is the activity relevant to learners’ needs?
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El hombre invisible
Los científicos
trabajan con nuevos
materiales capaces
de desviar la luz. El
fin es permitirnos ver
a través de objetos
sólidos.
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el fuego?
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BBCwww.news.bbc.co.uk (Business;
Politics; Health; Education; Science/Nature;
Technology)
How things work:
www.home.howstuffworks.com
Scientific American
www.sciam.com/askexpert
How Cool Stuff Works: Dorking Kindersley
Books
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What causes a rainbow ?
Why are there more floods now than there
used to be?
What causes dizziness?
Bird Flu: What is it, and why is it a threat?
How can flour explode?
How does a pet translator tell you what your
cat or dog is saying?
Why and how does a jellyfish glow?
Why can’t you tickle
yourself?
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1 Engagement.
2 Meaning focused.
3 Outcome.
4 Completion.
5 Relevance.
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www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.
Which is colder: the North Pole or
the South Pole?
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There is no land at the North Pole, only
an ice-cap
In the middle of the Arctic Ocean the
surface of the ice rises only a foot above
the sea.
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The Antarctic is by far the highest of the five
continents, rising to more than a mile and a
half above sea level
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Water keeps in the heat of the sun better than
dry land.
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1 There is no land at the Arctic – only an ice-cap.
2 In the middle of the Arctic Ocean the surface of
the ice rises only a foot above the sea.
3 The Antarctic is by far the highest of the five
continents, rising to more than a mile and a half
above sea level
4 Water keeps in the heat of the sun better than
dry land.
5 For six months in the year there is no sunshine
at the poles.
6 During the rest of the year the polar regions get
very little sunshine compared with other
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latitudes.
WHICH IS COLDER: THE NORTH
POLE OR THE SOUTH POLE?
The North and South poles are both very cold
because they get very little sunshine compared
with the rest of the earth. The sun never rises
more than 23.5 degrees above the horizon, and
for six months of the year the poles get no
sunshine at all. Also most of the sunlight is
reflected back by the bright white surface.
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So both poles are very cold, but the South Pole is
much colder than the North Pole because it sits on
top of a very thick ice sheet, which itself sits on dry
land, on the continent of Antarctica. The top of the
ice sheet near the South Pole is more than 9,000 feet
above sea level – more than a mile and a half high,
so Antarctica is by far the highest continent on
earth. In comparison the North Pole rests in the
middle of the Arctic Ocean, where the surface of the
ice is only about a foot above the sea. The Ocean
also keeps in the heat, making it less cold in winter
and warmer in the summer.
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WHICH IS COLDER, THE NORTH POLE OR THE
SOUTH POLE?
Both polar regions of the earth are cold, primarily
because they receive far less solar radiation than
the tropics and mid-latitudes do. At either pole the
sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the
horizon and both locations experience six months of
continuous darkness. Moreover, most of the
sunlight that does shine on the polar regions is
reflected by the bright white surface.
What makes the South Pole so much colder than the
North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice
sheet, which itself sits on a continent.
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The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is
more than 9,000 feet in elevation -- more than a
mile and a half above sea level. Antarctica is by
far the highest continent on the earth. In
comparison, the North Pole rests in the middle of
the Arctic Ocean, where the surface of floating
ice rides only a foot or so above the surrounding
sea. The Arctic Ocean also acts as an effective
heat reservoir, warming the cold atmosphere in
the winter and drawing heat from the atmosphere
in the summer.
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1. Which is colder: the North Pole or the South Pole?
2. They get very little sunshine compared with the rest of the
earth.
3. They receive far less solar radiation than the tropics and
mid-latitudes.
4. The sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the
horizon.
5. The South Pole is much colder than the north Pole.
6. What makes the South Pole so much colder than the
North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet
7. The top of the ice-sheet is more than 9,000 feet above
sea-level, more than a mile and a half high.
8. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more
than 9,000 feet in elevation.
9. Antarctica is by far the highest continent on earth.
10.The ocean keeps in heat. It is less cold than the land in
winter and warmer in the summer.
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1. Which is colder: the North Pole or the South Pole?
2. They get very little sunshine compared with the rest of the
earth.
3. They receive far less solar radiation than the tropics and
mid-latitudes.
4. The sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the
horizon.
5. The South Pole is much colder than the north Pole.
6. What makes the South Pole so much colder than the
North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet
7. The top of the ice-sheet is more than 9,000 feet above
sea-level, more than a mile and a half high.
8. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more
than 9,000 feet in elevation.
9. Antarctica is by far the highest continent on earth.
10.The ocean keeps in heat. It is less cold than the land in
winter and warmer in the summer.
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1. ----- is ------ : the North Pole or the South Pole?
2. They get very little sunshine -------- ----- the rest of the
earth.
3. They receive --- ---- solar radiation than the tropics and
mid-latitudes.
4. The sun never rises ---- ---- 23.5 degrees above the
horizon.
5. The South Pole is ---- ------- ---- the north Pole.
6. What makes the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole
is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet.
7. The top of the ice-sheet is ---- ---- 9,000 feet above sealevel, ---- ---- a mile and a half high.
8. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is ---- ---9,000 feet in elevation.
9. Antarctica is -- --- --- ------- continent on earth.
10.The ocean keeps in the heat, making it ---- ---- in winter
and ------ in the summer.
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What makes the South Pole so much colder than
the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick
ice sheet.
What makes the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the
North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice
sheet.
What ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North
Pole is that -- ---- -- --- -- a very thick ice sheet.
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What ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North
Pole is that -- ---- -- --- -- a very thick ice sheet.
---- ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North
Pole -- ---- -- ---- -- --- -- a very thick ice sheet.
---- ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North
Pole -- ---- -- ---- -- --- -- - ---- ----- --- -----.
What makes the South Pole so much colder than
the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick
ice sheet.
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Focus on Meaning
1 Learners are concerned to deploy the
language they have to the best of their
ability in order to achieve communicative
goals.
2 Receptively this requires creative
guesswork and inference relying on world
knowledge.
3 Productively this requires tolerance of error
and the ability to deploy limited language
creatively.
4 Success is judged in terms of success in
achievement of goals.
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Focus on form.
1.A focus on one or two linguistic forms,
specified by the teacher.
2.Teachers control learner language.
3.The success of the procedure is
judged in terms of whether or not
learners produce the target forms with
an acceptable level of accuracy.
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Focus on language
The need for language focus is prompted
by the need to mean.
1 To express increasingly complex notions.
2 To be receiver friendly.
3 For precision.
4 For presentation of self.
5 To respect the receiver.
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Focus on language.
1.The need for language focus is prompted
by the need to mean.
2.Learners look for appropriate ways to
express their meanings.
3.This search is learner initiated.
4.Success is judged in terms of how
successfully the subsequent
communication is achieved.
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TASK SEQUENCE
Preliminary discussion
Questionnaire
Discussion
Language focus
Reading 1
Language focus?
Reading 2
Language focus?
Form focus
Review
Language focus
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