Monday, 11 January 2010

More on CLIL

Keith is a well-known expert on CLIL and the teaching of content through the medium of foreign languages, and this webinar looks at ways of teaching language within specific subjects such as science and geography.

For more resources on CLIL teaching, visit Onestopclil - Macmillan's comprehensive resource bank for CLIL teachers. You can start by getting familiar with what CLIL is>, and learning about its methodology and activities through the CLIL Teacher Magazine>. The CLIL Young Learners section> has plenty of engaging, flexible resources for children and teenagers, and the Image Gallery> and Animations> sections are rich with fantastic ways to make vocabulary and grammar learning more fun. CLIL extra> will help you navigate through all these new features.

Enjoy!
Gladys

Thursday, 22 October 2009

CLIL: integrating the teaching of content and language

You've probably heard about Content-Based learning as a way to motivate language learners and provide them with a tangible purpose to study a second or foreign language. Willing to keep reviewing proposals along the same line? Visit Onestopclil, the site run by Macmillan publishers to help teachers learn about CLIL (content and language integrated learning). They have lots of articles, and even downloadable resources and a teacher forum for you to explore!

If you'd like to keep updated about this trend in methodology, why not subscribe to Macmillan's online magazine for free? Click on the image below for a direct link:

Remember you can share your impressions, ask questions or share relevant links by leaving a comment to this entry!
Love,
Gladys

Friday, 7 August 2009

Great opportunity to ask questions



If you post a question, or would like to make a comment on any of the answers already provided at the site, use the comments feature here!

Gladys

Thursday, 16 July 2009

The future of language teaching

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/a-virtual-game-to-teach-children-languages/

A Virtual Game to Teach Children Languages - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com via kwout

This was published today in the "New York Times"... How long before we see this kind of technology integrated into our classes, I wonder?