Designing Lessons and Materials for Teaching CLIL

DESIGNING LESSONS AND MATERIALS for Teaching CLIL

Creating Lessons

• The 3A tool

• Integrating the current Malaysian English language curriculum with CLIL

In this topic, you will:

• Use the 3A tool to create a clil lesson

• apply CLIL to the current Malaysian English Language Curriculum

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Open Ended

What is the Language Triptych? Describe each component of the Language Triptych.

The Language Triptych

1. Language of Learning

   1. content obligatory language related to the subject theme or topic including fixed expressions and subject typical grammar

   2. also covers ‘register’ and genre.

2. Language for learning

   1. language needed to operate in foreign language environment

   2. language which allows learners to develop and work with learning skills such as pair/group work, asking questions, debating, thinking and so on.

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The Language Triptych

3. Language of Learning

   1. new language that cannot be captured, recycled, and developed so that it becomes a part of a learner’s repertoire

   2. The learners need the teacher’s support to express new

      meanings, hence the teacher must be able to supply that support be it linguistic or cognitive.

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The 3A Tool

• used for more detailed lesson planning

• some overlap between the tools, but their suggested use is significantly different

• uses a pragmatic rather than a linguistic approach to language using and development

• operates in 3 stages

• The 3As are: analyze, add, apply.

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The 3A Tool

• Stage 1: Analyze

  • analyze content for the language needed

  • identify key words

  • identify phrases, grammatical functions for concept formation and comprehension

• Stage 2: Add

  • language experiences which enable the learner to operate effectively in a CLIL setting

  • meta-cognitive or learner strategies, classroom talk, discussion, task demands

  • scaffolding e.g. using language frames

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The 3A Tool

• Stage 3: Apply

  • emerges from the active involvement of learners thinking and asking

  • spontaneous language

  • captured during the learning process, then recycled and developed later

  • it cannot be predicted in advance

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The 3A Tool

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Tutorial Task

Integrating the current Malaysian English language curriculum with CLIL

• Examine the Form 1 Scheme of Work for Lesson 77-78.

• Use the 3A tool to create a CLIL lesson.

• Complete the lesson plan template.

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