Content and Language Integrated
Learning Course (CLIL) at Edinburgh
School of English
two-week course (15/8 – 26/8/2011)
aimed at teachers who teach their
curriculum subjects wholly or partly in
English within secondary education
Dagmar Šanderová
CLIL Edinburgh, D.Šanderová
A brief description of the CLIL course:
• 2-week course (15/08 – 26/08/2011)
• 20 hours per week of Teachers Methodology
• 10 participants per class
• Participants were non-native teachers who teach their
curriculum subject(s) in English, subject teachers and English
language teachers (from Spain, Germany, Hungary, the
Netherlands and the CR)
• Course was funded by Lifelong Learning Program Comenius (UK2011-1157-002)
• Participants got insight of different forms of CLIL within
secondary education, CLIL theory and methodology and
experienced practical activities suitable for CLIL lessons
• Participants created their own subject relevant CLIL materials
• Participants took part in practical collaborative micro teaching
exercise
CLIL Edinburgh, D.Sanderova
Course provider: Edinburgh School
of English
• this language school is accredited
by the British Council and has a
reputation as one of the UK’s
leading English language schools
• school is located in the very heart
of Edinburgh on the historic Royal
Mile
• school is equipped with all the
modern facilities
• school offers a variety of social
and cultural activities helping to
get to know places of interest in
Edinburgh and in Scotland
• Our class:
CLIL Edinburgh, D.Šanderová
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Week One (Mo, Tu) – What did we do in
the morning?
CLIL Edinburgh, D.Šanderová
Week one (Mo, Tu): What did we do in the afternoon?
• Mo – sightseeing trip
• Tu – Dynamic Earth
CLIL Edinburgh, D.Šanderová
• Aims of CLIL:
Week One (We, Th, Fr): What did we do
in the morning?
• We: we got familiar with the concept of
language obligatory (=subject specific
language, esp. terminology, neccesary
grammar and functional language) and
content compatible language (=general
L2 language which goes with language
obligatory)
• Th: we discussed learning styles, multiple
intelligences, process of lesson planning,
in different pairs we tried to prepare a
specific lesson plan using the same song
as a warm-up for different subjects,
creativity task
• Fr: we watched a video with Handicraft
CLIL lesson and discussed it, we created
evaluation criteria for CLIL lessons
CLIL Edinburgh, D.Šanderová
Week One (We, Th, Fr): What did we do in the afternoon?
• We: Scottish Parliament
• Fr: Roslyn Chapel
Week One: What did we do at the weekend?
Somebody relaxed, somebody explored Scotland…
• Sa: Highlands and Loch Ness
• Su: Loch Lomond and Styrling
castle
Week two: What did we do in the morning?
• During the second week we discussed problems such
as learners‘ motivation and difficulties with CLIL,
materials sourcing and development, adapting course
materials, using ICT
• Every day 2-3 pairs (out of 10 in cooperation with
another CLIL class) delivered their CLIL lesson on a
discrete subject area which they prepared together in
cooperation of a subject teacher and a language
teacher, later on we discussed the methods used,
materials prepared and generally evaluated the lessons
and give each other a feedback. We experienced a CLIL
lesson in literature, history (2), chemistry (2), physics
(2), music(2) and psychology.
Week two: What did we do in the afternoon?
• Some of us visited Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh Castle or botanic garden in
Edinburgh together, some of us went to an excursion to St.Andrews. We
also prepared our CL IL lessons with our partner in the afternoons. We
visited the National Museum and tried to find some suitable materials for
our own lessons.
What did we do in the evenings?
• Some of us went to a pub to
try excellent local spirits,
some of us went to see
fantastic performances of
Edinburgh Fringe Festival or
a Millitary Tatoo
performance, some of us
just stayed „at home“ and
chatted with their host
family. Almost everybody
tried to experience the
Scottish way of life.