Die letzten beiden Blogposts haben zu einer Reihe von Reaktionen geführt, nicht alle davon nur positiv, manches wurde auch sehr skeptisch aufgenommen. Noch kennen wir die neuen BHS-Lehrpläne nicht im Detail, aber es ist davon auszugehen, dass CLIL in den nächsten Jahren zu einer verpflichtenden Komponente des Lehrens und Lernens an allen berufsbildenden höheren Schulen werden wird.
„Kann das gut gehen?“, fragt eine Leserin des CLILvoc Blogs, die anonym bleiben möchte. Ja, kann es, wenn alle Beteiligten sich der Herausforderungen bewußt und auch gewillt sind, in einer gemeinsamen Anstrengung dem Projekt CLIL zum Erfolg zu verhelfen.
Oder anders gefragt: We´ve got no experience so far, how can we implement CLIL at all?
Well, there are many ways to, but … let´s look at it step by step. The FluentU blog lists four ways of implementing CLIL. In any case, do start it slowly and carefully, no hurry!
Here´s a few of FluentU´s tips and hints, shortened though but still useful, I hope.
1. Rethink Your Syllabus
First, you should start by considering how to work CLIL into your syllabus. /…/ Rather than thinking of yourself as a language teacher, imagine that you’re a subject teacher. /…/ Don’t hesitate to work together with the school’s subject teachers for feedback and insight on what the students already know. Make sure that you highlight key concepts and proper terminology. /…/ If you feel that this may become overwhelming and unsustainable in the long term, fear not! You /…/ don’t have to teach CLIL all the time.
2. Focus on Tasks in the Classroom
Like the traditional monolingual classroom, CLIL promotes collaborative work and the acquisition of multidisciplinary, task-based skills. This gives students a clear purpose and the motivation to learn and complete the task to the best of their ability. It also rewards their ability to use their own personal knowledge to succeed in the classroom. /…/ Great CLIL activities promote teamwork and encourage students to become key participants in the classroom. Activities, in this respect, are fantastic tools of learning in CLIL because they integrate language and content, and they promote learning by doing. This helps students to communicate key concepts in the target language in real-time and in real situations.
3. Choose the Right Moments to Give Feedback
Feedback and motivation is at the heart of any language class. After all, errors are opportunities to teach and learn! However, minimal feedback and maximum positivityare essential parts of CLIL. /…/ Along the way, you’ll build their positive vibes for the target language and culture. So, the best strategy is to aim for communication rather than accuracy when your students speak.
4. Teach Grammar in Context… let´s talk about this later, OK? 😉
I hope this helps. Would you like to read more about this? Just tell me.
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