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    Fielded discussion on CLIL

    The Young Learners and Teenagers email discussion group is housed in yahoogroups and is famous for its activity and energy in many educational contexts and so it was a pleasure to lead a fielded discussion on the area of CLIL from Monday April 20th to Friday April 24th, 2009.

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    Defining CLIL

    There was a lot of discussion about what exactly CLIL is, whether it is different from other approaches such as EMI (English as a Medium of Instruction) or CBI (Content-based Instruction) or CALLA (Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach). One colleague sees CLIL as a special form of TEFL, with the ...

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    Assessment

    There was much discussion on the topic of assessment. Colleagues stressed that CLiL means that both the content and the language are taught and that is why both should be evaluated at the same time. Another colleague suggested an alternative way of doing assessment is a mark for content and ...

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    Implementing CLIL: Dangers of a top-down only approach

    In this article Dr. Brian Bielenberg explores the advantages and disadvantages of top-down and bottom-up approaches to initiating CLIL programs, concluding with a discussion of a hybrid approach that appears to provide the best possibility for successful and sustainable CLIL implementation.

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    Your English: Idioms: mind

    This week, Tim Bowen takes a load off our mindswith his explanation of the many idioms associated with the human mind.

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    Pronunciation skills: Sound and spelling

    This lesson plan by Jonathan Marks focuses on homographs and homophones, as well as other pairs of words whose pronunciation learners tend to find confusing.

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    British English vocabulary lessons: listen to / hear

    Students are often unsure when to use look at, see or watch, and when to use listen to or hear. This lesson plan by Karen Richardson aims to practice this vocabulary in context.

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    The Road Less Travelled Season Two: Episode 15: The wedding: Audio and activities

    The Big Day has finally arrived and everyone is at City Hall, waiting for the couple to come and take their vows. Will Sal say 'I do'?

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    Assessment matters: Diagnostic tests

    Adrian Tennant considers 'diagnostic tests', comparing them to other forms of assessment as well as giving some practical suggestions.

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    Progress and achievement

    A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about making progress and achieving something.

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    What Time is It?

    A song video and interactive games on the topic of the time.

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    Spot on news lessons for teens: Beautiful, brilliant Brighton

    This Spot on news lesson is about Brighton, on the southern coast of England, known for its wonderful Royal Pavilion and Brighton Pier.

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    Your English: Phrasal verbs: some lonely phrasal verbs 2

    Tim Bowen chaulks up another great article on phrasal verbs.

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    The water cycle

    Demonstrate to the geography class how the water cycle works while teaching key subject vocabulary such as vapour, droplets, precipitation and condensation.

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    Geography animations

    These animations and illustrated accompanying worksheets teach secondary students about key CLIL topics in geography: acid rain, the movement of the sea, the water cycle and secondary economic activity.

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    Secondary Economic Activity

    How does the manufacturing industry turn ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’ into cold, hard cash? Learn all about the systems and stages involved in secondary economic activity in this animation with accompanying language support material.

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    Sea action

    Teach students how load is carried along the sea shore by a process called ‘longshore drift’.

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    Acid Rain

    How do we define acid rain? What causes it? What damage does it do? Show students how acid rain is formed and the harm it does to our environment in this set of useful CLIL resources.

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    The solar system

    Launch into outer space with these fun and informative worksheets on the solar system. There are resources on planets, the Sun, the Moon and the possibility of life on Mars.

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    Editorial: CLIL's international appeal

    May is a full and varied issue with contributions from all over the world, demonstrating the true international and varied appeal of CLIL!