KEY CONCEPTS IN CLILG1469 – AICLE – Prof. Isadora Norman

Key Concepts in CLIL

Triangle Model 4 Cs of CLIL BICSCALP

Triangle Model

CO

NTE

NT LA

NG

UAG

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LEARNING SKILLS

CLIL- RELATE

D GOALS

Mehisto, et al. (2008) Uncovering CLIL

What are the 4 Cs of CLIL?

ContentCommunica

tion

Cognition Culture

4 Cs of CLIL

Bentley (2010) The TKT Course: CLIL Module

BICS

Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills Skills for social situations Acquired after 2-3 years of CLIL

instruction Learning is contextualized and

supported Less cognitively demanding tasks

Repetition Matching

Bentley (2010) The TKT Course: CLIL ModuleCummins (2001) Negotiating Identities: Education for Empowerment in a Diverse Society

CALP

Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency Skills for academic situations Acquired after 5+ years of CLIL

instruction Abstract and formal language Cognitively demanding tasks:

Justifying opinions Making hypotheses Interpreting evidence

Bentley (2010) The TKT Course: CLIL ModuleCummins (2001) Negotiating Identities: Education for Empowerment in a Diverse Society

Applying CLIL – Categories Game How does it relate to the Triangle

Model? How does it relate to the 4 Cs? Does it use BICS or CALP? Can you come up with a similar

activity for another subject?