CLIL and mathematics. By many considered to be challenging at best, maybe even impossible to implement. Don’t worry thought, I am here to help! And believe me, after teaching mathematics in English for almost ten years, I can assure you both CLIL and mathematics can be integrated use as easily…
I have always had the up most respect for primary school teachers, for various reasons. One of the most important things a primary school teacher does is facilitate differentiation: allowing each and every student to receive instruction and work on his or her own level. At secondary schools, differentiation is still…
The school year has started again after summer. Or at least in my part of the world. Students get ready for school, enter your classroom, do their work. And take notes ferociously. Or do they? In my experience, students have to take a lot of notes. (Remember, it’s ‘taking notes’,…
I like running. Twice a week I’ll run a distance somewhere between 5K and 10K. Or at least I try to. Yet I find that I don’t do it when it’s raining it’s cold outside I feel tired Motivation is a thing here. I recently signed up for a run in…
CLIL Magazine Spring Edition won’t be published for another three months, but I do want to share with you a resource I think is worth sharing. Therefore, you can already read the book review for the next issue of CLIL Magazine below. Have fun reading! Optimise your teaching competences: new…
Lesson stages Beginning of the lesson | Discussing homework | Instruct students | Individual work | Group work | Lesson Reflection Why so often forgotten? Every teacher gives instruction. Most teachers discuss homework. Quite a few activate prior knowledge. But when it comes to reflection activities in a lesson, you have to start looking…
They enter your classroom, looking around. Some might be noisy, most of them are silently waiting for the new experiences that await them at the new school. A select few has already read through the books and think they know what to expect. The students sit down, you start the first…
Lesson stages Beginning of the lesson | Discussing homework | Instruct students | Individual work | Group work | Lesson Reflection CLIL is all about simulating language output (among other things of course) and the best way to simulate output is by motivate students to talk. Sounds simple enough right? As discussed before, individual…
Last week I was invited to give a workshop at a CLIL Conference in Belgium. Apart from the fact I thought this was a great honor, I was even more surprised to hear that bilingual education has only just started in Belgium. To be allowed to help out fellow teachers…
Lesson stages Beginning of the lesson | Discussing homework | Instruct students | Individual work | Group work | Lesson Reflection CLIL is all about creating language output and engaging students. That leaves no room for individual, silent work. Right? I don’t agree Why working individually is a good thing First and foremost, I…