The CLIL Roadmap in Utrecht

How to get your students more engaged and have more focus on language by implementing CLIL strategies that take little to no time to prepare

  • 6  March,  15 April, 5 June
  • BCN Utrecht CS
  • Secondary school teachers
  • €697,- early bird (€897,- regular)
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Imagine

You sit down to prepare your next CLIL lesson. All you need to do now is plan the activities you want to do to make sure you are going to teach an inspiring and engaging lesson.

With a step-by-step plan you write down the learning objective in a minute, and select activities you know work.
Both because you are confident in your own CLIL teaching and because the activities are tried and tested.

This is the result of a CLIL course that provides you with a step-by-step approach to giving engaging CLIL lessons with extra focus on language, without having to spend more time. Promised.

  • CLIL Basics: We'll establish a clear understanding of CLIL and focus on step-by-step, practical implementation.
  • Language Skills: For teachers not specialized in language, we'll explore strategies to motivate student speaking, listening, and writing, and address language challenges in materials.
  • Scaffolding: This essential CLIL technique will help students grasp tasks more effectively. We'll develop scaffolds to improve both learning and language comprehension.
  • Activity Design: We'll create engaging tasks and questions, enhancing retention through retrieval practice.
  • Lesson Planning: Learn to quickly set up CLIL lessons, dividing them into four stages with clear learning objectives to streamline preparation.
  • Feedback & Assessment: We’ll practice giving effective feedback, boosting motivation, and using language purposefully in assessments.
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The CLIL Roadmap sessions

 Basics & Language Skills
Scaffolding & Activity Design
Planning & Feedback

Basics & Language Skills

CLIL, or Content and Language Integrated Learning, is all about integrating language into your lessons, and that’s exactly what this session covers.

Together, we will explore what CLIL is (and what it is not!), how it can be applied to your lessons, and how it relates to other language teaching methods.

We'll establish a solid foundation and dive into effective ways to use language skills to motivate and engage students.

  • The Definition of CLIL: Gain a clear understanding of what CLIL is and how it differs from other teaching approaches.
  • Common Misconceptions: Understand what CLIL is and isn’t to build a clear perspective.
  • Language as a Tool: Learn how language can be used as a tool within CLIL lessons.
  • Applying the Four Language Skills: Discover how listening, speaking, reading, and writing can be integrated effectively.
  • BICS & CALP: Understand the difference between everyday language skills and academic language proficiency and how to apply these in CLIL.

    By the end of this session, you will have a solid foundation in CLIL and know how to implement language skills in your lessons to encourage and motivate student output.


    "Working with Patrick is great, he quickly adepts to new situations and delivers what he promises. You notice his own teaching experience throughout his training sessions which make his examples and feedback very useful. He certainly helped the teachers to make their lessons even better and more fun for students."

    Mirjam vroonhof

    Conrector Leidsche Rijn College

    "The topics were chosen well and the teachers learned a lot"

    Karen Verdel

    tto coordinator Comenius College

    Scaffolding & Activity Design

    In CLIL teaching, you are not only a subject teacher but also a language teacher, making scaffolding essential to structuring learning for your students.

    This module covers how to use scaffolding techniques effectively without the need to put in a lot of extra work.

    We will also dive into designing effective CLIL activities that encourage student participation and increased learning outcomes.

    • Understanding Scaffolding: Discover what scaffolding is (and isn’t) and how it supports both learning and language acquisition.
    • Types of Scaffolding: Learn about three types of scaffolding you can apply to your lessons.
    • Learning vs. Language Scaffolding: Understand the differences between scaffolding for learning content and for language development.
    • Designing engaging CLIL Activities: Learn to create effective CLIL activities that capture students' interest and enhance learning outcomes.
    • Essential elements of a CLIL Activity: Understand the components of a well-designed CLIL task that fosters student interaction and language use.

      By the end of this session, you will be able to integrate scaffolding seamlessly into your lessons and design engaging CLIL activities that meet your students’ needs and promote active learning.

      Planning & Feedback

      Effective CLIL lessons don't need to take long to prepare.

      In this module, you’ll learn a step-by-step process that allows any CLIL teacher to prepare a lesson in just as much time as a regular lesson, while incorporating essential elements like scaffolding, language skills, and retrieval practice.

      This session also covers the importance of feedback and assessment, exploring how to provide meaningful feedback on both language and content, and how to integrate CLIL principles into assessments.

      • Designing learning outcomes: Find out how to integrate language in your learning objectives without explicitly mentioning them.
      • The four lesson stages: Learn a structured approach to lesson planning with four lesson stages present in any lesson.
      • Effective feedback techniques: Explore six different types of feedback to support language and content learning.
      • Integrating language in assessments: Understand how to include language criteria within subject assessments to reinforce learning.

        By the end of this session, you will be able to quickly prepare effective CLIL lessons and provide valuable feedback that supports student progress in both language and content.

        "We had Patrick do both a workshop and a feedback session after lesson visits. Both were highly appreciated but it was the personal feedback on their lessons colleagues appreciated most in particular because of Patrick’s down-to-earth approach and extremely helpful tips and tops. We’ll definitely invite him again."  

        Jan van den bos

        tto coordinator Da Vinci College

        What is included in the CLIL Roadmap Live

        Live group training

        In 3 interactive full-day workshops, we’ll cover 6 key topics on CLIL through practical, hands-on activities. Each session is designed to guide you step-by-step, offering ideas and strategies you can implement in your lessons right away.

        CLIL Coaching calls

        Questions? Panic? Need feedback?

        During two 30-minute individual coaching calls we will discuss your questions, and challenges. I will provide you with the support you need.

        Workbook

        To keep track of everything discussed and to make sure all of your notes can be found in one place, you will receive a workbook specifically designed for all of the live sessions.

        What other people say

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        Teachers have seen and experienced CLIL is not a lot of extra work, but simply a way of teaching that is very rewarding for both teachers and students. The simple and step-by-step activities provided were also a huge help for the teachers.

        Pauline de Boer

        tto coordinator Isendoorn College

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        This was the first training in 10 years that was actually useful for me!

        Aard Brouwer

        Economics Teacher Comenius College

        ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

        Patrick helped a group of teachers during the CLIL roadmap course to learn about CLIL and implement it. The participants were enthusiastic and learned a lot. We will definitely hire Patrick again if we need CLIL training again in the future.

        Marco Hoek

        Afdelingsleider vwo Jacob van Liesveldt


        The total package

        3 live training days 

        2 30-minute online coaching calls

        Total worth:

        Regular price:

        Early-bird price:
        (first 8 participants)

        3 x €347,- = €1041,-

        2 x €97,- = €194,-

        1235,-

        €897,-

        €697,- 

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        About Patrick de Boer

        With 15 years of experience teaching CLIL Mathematics in The Netherlands and publishing 10 issues of CLIL Magazine, Patrick decided to become a full time CLIL teacher trainer and coach to help CLIL teachers worldwide get in touch with each other and stop reinventing the wheel with CLIL.

        With the CLIL Roadmap, Patrick shares the activities, guides and lesson frameworks he used when he taught his students. As such, they are all tried and tested and can help you out as well!

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