Dave Willis: TESOL Arabia 2009 CLIL and TBL. Dave Willis: TESOL Arabia 2009 CLIL: generates the kind of written text and discussion that reflect the uses

Dave Willis: TESOL Arabia 2009Dave Willis: TESOL Arabia 2009

CLIL and TBL


CLIL:

• generates the kind of written text and discussion that reflect the uses of language which will be required of learners in the real world.

• treats language as a tool for research and as a vehicle for the exchange of information.

• treats language as a meaning system, valued for what it can do.

• places grammar and vocabulary in their proper place as means to an end, not as an end in themselves.


Characterising tasks.

• (Is the activity engaging?)

• Is there a primary focus on meaning?

• Is there an outcome?

• Is success judged in terms of outcome?

• Is completion a priority?

• Does the activity relate to real world activities?

• Is the activity relevant to learners’ needs?



El hombre invisible

Los científicos trabajan con nuevos materiales capaces de desviar la luz. El fin es permitirnos ver a través de objetos sólidos.


¿Cómo se camina sobre el fuego?

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BBCwww.news.bbc.co.uk (Business; Politics; Health; Education; Science/Nature; Technology)

How things work:www.home.howstuffworks.com

Scientific Americanwww.sciam.com/askexpert

How Cool Stuff Works: Dorking Kindersley Books


What causes a rainbow ?

Why are there more floods now than there used to be?

What causes dizziness?

Bird Flu: What is it, and why is it a threat?

How can flour explode?

How does a pet translator tell you what your cat or dog is saying?

Why and how does a jellyfish glow?

Why can’t you tickle yourself?


1 Engagement.

2 Meaning focused.

3 Outcome.

4 Completion.

5 Relevance.


Which is colder: the North Pole or the South Pole?

www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.


There is no land at the North Pole, only an ice-cap

In the middle of the Arctic Ocean the surface of the ice rises only a foot above

the sea.


The Antarctic is by far the highest of the five continents, rising to more than a mile and a

half above sea level


Water keeps in the heat of the sun better than dry land.


1 There is no land at the Arctic – only an ice-cap.

2 In the middle of the Arctic Ocean the surface of the ice rises only a foot above the sea.

3 The Antarctic is by far the highest of the five continents, rising to more than a mile and a half above sea level

4 Water keeps in the heat of the sun better than dry land.

5 For six months in the year there is no sunshine at the poles.

6 During the rest of the year the polar regions get very little sunshine compared with other latitudes.


WHICH IS COLDER: THE NORTH POLE OR THE SOUTH POLE?

The North and South poles are both very cold because they get very little sunshine compared with the rest of the earth. The sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the horizon, and for six months of the year the poles get no sunshine at all. Also most of the sunlight is reflected back by the bright white surface.


So both poles are very cold, but the South Pole is much colder than the North Pole because it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet, which itself sits on dry land, on the continent of Antarctica. The top of the ice sheet near the South Pole is more than 9,000 feet above sea level – more than a mile and a half high, so Antarctica is by far the highest continent on earth. In comparison the North Pole rests in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, where the surface of the ice is only about a foot above the sea. The Ocean also keeps in the heat, making it less cold in winter and warmer in the summer.


WHICH IS COLDER, THE NORTH POLE OR THE SOUTH POLE?

Both polar regions of the earth are cold, primarily because they receive far less solar radiation than the tropics and mid-latitudes do. At either pole the sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the horizon and both locations experience six months of continuous darkness. Moreover, most of the sunlight that does shine on the polar regions is reflected by the bright white surface. What makes the South Pole so much colder than the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet, which itself sits on a continent.


The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more than 9,000 feet in elevation -- more than a mile and a half above sea level. Antarctica is by far the highest continent on the earth. In comparison, the North Pole rests in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, where the surface of floating ice rides only a foot or so above the surrounding sea. The Arctic Ocean also acts as an effective heat reservoir, warming the cold atmosphere in the winter and drawing heat from the atmosphere in the summer.


1. Which is colder: the North Pole or the South Pole?2. They get very little sunshine compared with the rest of the

earth.3. They receive far less solar radiation than the tropics and

mid-latitudes.4. The sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the

horizon.5. The South Pole is much colder than the north Pole.6. What makes the South Pole so much colder than the

North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet7. The top of the ice-sheet is more than 9,000 feet above

sea-level, more than a mile and a half high.8. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more

than 9,000 feet in elevation.9. Antarctica is by far the highest continent on earth.10.The ocean keeps in heat. It is less cold than the land in

winter and warmer in the summer.


1. Which is colder: the North Pole or the South Pole?2. They get very little sunshine compared with the rest of the

earth.3. They receive far less solar radiation than the tropics and

mid-latitudes.4. The sun never rises more than 23.5 degrees above the

horizon.5. The South Pole is much colder than the north Pole.6. What makes the South Pole so much colder than the

North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet7. The top of the ice-sheet is more than 9,000 feet above

sea-level, more than a mile and a half high.8. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more

than 9,000 feet in elevation.9. Antarctica is by far the highest continent on earth.10.The ocean keeps in heat. It is less cold than the land in

winter and warmer in the summer.


1. ----- is ------ : the North Pole or the South Pole?2. They get very little sunshine -------- ----- the rest of the

earth.3. They receive --- ---- solar radiation than the tropics and

mid-latitudes.4. The sun never rises ---- ---- 23.5 degrees above the

horizon.5. The South Pole is ---- ------- ---- the north Pole.6. What makes the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole

is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet.7. The top of the ice-sheet is ---- ---- 9,000 feet above sea-

level, ---- ---- a mile and a half high.8. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is ---- ----

9,000 feet in elevation.9. Antarctica is -- --- --- ------- continent on earth.10.The ocean keeps in the heat, making it ---- ---- in winter

and ------ in the summer.


What makes the South Pole so much colder than the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet.

What makes the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet.

What ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole is that -- ---- -- --- -- a very thick ice sheet.


What ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole is that -- ---- -- --- -- a very thick ice sheet.

---- ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole -- ---- -- ---- -- --- -- a very thick ice sheet.

---- ----- the South Pole -- ---- ------ ---- the North Pole -- ---- -- ---- -- --- -- - ---- ----- --- -----.

What makes the South Pole so much colder than the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet.


Focus on Meaning

1 Learners are concerned to deploy the language they have to the best of their ability in order to achieve communicative goals.

2 Receptively this requires creative guesswork and inference relying on world knowledge.

3 Productively this requires tolerance of error and the ability to deploy limited language creatively.

4 Success is judged in terms of success in achievement of goals.


Focus on form.

1.A focus on one or two linguistic forms, specified by the teacher.

2.Teachers control learner language.

3.The success of the procedure is judged in terms of whether or not learners produce the target forms with an acceptable level of accuracy.


Focus on language

The need for language focus is prompted by the need to mean.

1 To express increasingly complex notions.

2 To be receiver friendly.

3 For precision.

4 For presentation of self.

5 To respect the receiver.


Focus on language.

1.The need for language focus is prompted by the need to mean.

2.Learners look for appropriate ways to express their meanings.

3.This search is learner initiated.

4.Success is judged in terms of how successfully the subsequent communication is achieved.


TASK SEQUENCE

Preliminary discussion

Questionnaire

Discussion

Reading 1

Reading 2

Form focus

Review

Language focus

Language focus

Language focus?

Language focus?

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Dave Willis: TESOL Arabia 2009 CLIL and TBL. Dave Willis: TESOL Arabia 2009 CLIL: generates the kind of written text and discussion that reflect the uses