Elena Assirelli
Appendix 1
CLIL Module Plan
Research question
Can formative assessment positively contribute to learner motivation and
performance in CLIL within a vocational setting in Italy?
Class
VE - 14 students aged 18/20
Topic
Timetable
Language level: A2 /B2
Business: MARKETING
Market Research
Field Research – Desk Research
The Marketing Mix
The ‘4 Ps’ of the Marketing Mix ( Product – Price - Place – Promotion)
The Product Life Cycle
Introduction – Growth – Maturity – Decline
The different types of Promotion
From Monday 7th November to Friday 19th December 2012 ( 3 hours per week)
6 one-hour lessons (Content Teacher) + 4 two-hour lessons (English teacher)
20 hours
2 hours ( oral presentations in L2)
2 hours (written test in L2)
2 hours ( written test in L1 )
Content Teacher : 7th November / 14th November / 21st November / 28th November /
5th December / 12th December
Foreign Language Teacher: 11th November / 18th November / 25th November / 2nd December
Content Teacher + Foreign Language Teacher : 9th December (oral presentations)
(dual-teacher lessons)
16th December (written test in L2)
19th December (written test in L1)
Collaborative planning & materials development
Content teacher and Foreign Language teacher teach separately but observe each other’s lessons.
Types of collaboration
Medium of instruction
Resources and materials
A ‘critical friend’ exercises a watching brief and acts as a cross-check.
Content teacher teaches in L1 but uses some materials in English (handouts+ PowerPoint Presentation)
Foreign Language teacher teaches in L2
In dual-teacher lessons Foreign Language teacher takes the lead and speaks in L2
National Curriculum Business books / GCSE Bitesize Revision books
Internet/ ICT room
Handouts, PowerPoint Presentations
Reading –
Activity types
Open-ended questions /Multiple-choice exercises /Reading and drawing a mind map or
a diagram / Problem-solving activities / Gap-filling exercises
Listening - Open-ended questions / True-False exercises / Completing a diagram / Matching
Speaking - Questioning / Problem solving and critical thinking activities / Plenary discussion /
Info-gap activities / Pair work and group work tasks / Giving oral presentations
Writing Building sentences using key words, verb phrases and substitution tables /
Answering open-ended questions / Writing short texts / Making posters /
Designing PowerPoint presentations
Vocabulary – Using word banks / Organizing words into lexical sets / Noticing language
Oral presentations in L2 + Written test in L2 + Written test in L1
Final assessment
Written test in L2 - Word map completion / Matching words and definitions / Gap filling /
Collocations / Heads and Tails
Methodological /
Motivational strategies
Modes of monitoring
Written test in L1 - Open-ended questions + A brief essay in the final exam format
Talking to the students clearly and giving lots of practical examples
Using a lot of visual material
Scaffolding / Providing language support / Recycling
Using a good mix of task types
Switching into Italian now and then (in Foreign Language lessons) where necessary
Classroom observation + field notes and video recording
Informal discussions with students
Student questionnaires
Free written reflections
Student log book
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Informal discussions with teachers
Teacher questionnaires
Free written reflections
FL Teacher log book