Day : 1 - 08 October 2014 (Wednesday)
Ice Breaking
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| Bobby (PMM) ft Larry (PMU) |
What's next? Well, Mr. Bill was very tactful in making sure that the participants took part in the session. What do you see in the picture? Do you have any idea? No, they were certainly not called to the front for making noise in the class! It's an ice-breaking activity where Bobby and Larry were called to the front to assist him. The rest of the members were instructed to think and form at least 20 questions to pose to Mr. Bill to know anything about him in relation to his career. Yes, that sounds good, doesn't it? The Londoners were too curious to know about Mr. Bill and therefore, worked hard to think of appropriate questions. Bobby and Larry were excited without knowing that they had to take the questions on behalf of Mr. Bill. Oh my! These two young men had no choice but to answer the questions to the best of their ability. Bravo! They made it! Mr. Bill certainly came in to share his career experiences at the end of the activity. It was indeed an awesome ice-breaking session!
Apart from that, participants also warmed up by getting to know each other where they figured out three things in common about him/her and another person in the group
There were four groups formed among the Londoners (i.e., BrillyAnts, Lavender Ladies, Thorny Roses and Lady Thinker).
Setting Up The Class Rules
It was another tricky experience for the Londoners when they were asked to sign a piece of blank poster sheet. Mr. Bill brilliantly informed the class that they had to set some rules for the group. Oh dear! We didn't know that would be the reason for signing the blank sheet! Some brainstorming was carried out with the members to set up the rules and then, a few rules were agreed unanimously.
Later in the next session, Mr Bowler, shared some interesting points about 'Food Industries' topic and how it could be incorporated with English Language. ESP quickly caught our mind, and we thought we were discussing on ESP approach. However, throughout the session it was filled with insightful activities, we gradually realised that we are not talking about ESP. Instead, we were introduced to something similar to ESP, called CLIL.
We were exposed to common terms like buffet, plate (table) service, self service, counter service and silver service. Then we had to describe the advantages and disadvantages of those services.
What is CLIL? Content and Language Integrated Learning or CLIL is an approach where a foreign language is used as a tool in the learning of a non-language subject in which both language and content have a role.
Confused?
Apart from that, participants also warmed up by getting to know each other where they figured out three things in common about him/her and another person in the group
Goal Setting
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| BrillyAnts |
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| Lavender Ladies |
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| Thorny Roses |
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| Lady Thinker |
Setting Up The Class Rules
It was another tricky experience for the Londoners when they were asked to sign a piece of blank poster sheet. Mr. Bill brilliantly informed the class that they had to set some rules for the group. Oh dear! We didn't know that would be the reason for signing the blank sheet! Some brainstorming was carried out with the members to set up the rules and then, a few rules were agreed unanimously.
Lesson
Later in the next session, Mr Bowler, shared some interesting points about 'Food Industries' topic and how it could be incorporated with English Language. ESP quickly caught our mind, and we thought we were discussing on ESP approach. However, throughout the session it was filled with insightful activities, we gradually realised that we are not talking about ESP. Instead, we were introduced to something similar to ESP, called CLIL.
A. English Language Class (Food Service)
We were exposed to common terms like buffet, plate (table) service, self service, counter service and silver service. Then we had to describe the advantages and disadvantages of those services.
B. Content & Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
What is CLIL? Content and Language Integrated Learning or CLIL is an approach where a foreign language is used as a tool in the learning of a non-language subject in which both language and content have a role.
Confused?
To simplify it, we could say that CLIL promotes the use of English Language in teaching curricular subjects. One of the reasons is to improve learners’ performance in both curricular subjects and the target language.
Even though CLIL is new to us, this approach is interesting to be explored further. As educators, we are surely up to the challenge to use CLIL in our teaching.
Classroom Activities
Even though CLIL is new to us, this approach is interesting to be explored further. As educators, we are surely up to the challenge to use CLIL in our teaching.
Classroom Activities
- We were introduced to Soft CLIL and Hard CLIL.
- We also learnt about the four ‘C’s of CLIL through jigsaw reading such as
a). Content
b). Culture
c). Cognition
d). Communication
- Bill introduced to us a story by Jim Cummings about BICS and CALP. We had a group work where we were asked to memorise the story. Later each group was asked to write a story exactly in 100 words. We had so much fun that we didn’t realize it was time for us to wrap up our lesson.
- Bill reminded us to answer the TKT practice and not to forget to read and prepare ourselves with some knowledge for the next day's session by looking into the Pre-Course Tasks.
- The class ended at 5.00 pm
Impact / Reflection
a). Asking students to be in teacher’s shoes and answer questions on behalf of
him.
him.
b). Setting the class rules together by making students bound to the rules they
initiated earlier.
c). Choosing a person to talk by throwing a ball to him or her.
d). Giving students some models of the target language.
e). Strategies for Differentiation:
- Students would feel much EASIER when the task IS GUIDED
- Students would feel more DIFFICULT when the task IS NOT GUIDED
g). Sentence strips matching.
h). Jigsaw reading.
j). Using synonyms for elegant variations.
Dear fellow Londoners, are we ready to discover greater things about CLIL? Now, let the journey begins…
Group london is the best!
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