Enhancing CLIL Practices at Liceo Majorana - Working with Teachers and Students
Explore the collaborative efforts of Anna Ballarino at Liceo Majorana in Desio, focusing on CLIL practices. Delve into her work with teachers to enhance English courses, history, and philosophy modules, as well as engagement with students through conditional exercises and educational content. Gain insights into the benefits of CLIL and future learning expectations in a dynamic educational setting.
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History CLIL: working with teachers and students Anna Ballarino, Liceo Majorana, Desio
Outline The work with teachers, first of all at Liceo Majorana and not only The work I do with my students, in the classes What I have learned from CLIL; and what I expect to learn Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with teachers At Majorana [Team CLIL] 1. 2016/17: English Course - Focus on grammar and exercises - CLIL: suggestions of the lessons, review of the materials Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Conditional exercises 2 maggio If you aren t going to live in that house, why don t you sell it? If I had a house I couldn t use, I would sell it at once. The machine switches off if you press this button. If you had not made so much noise last night, you would not have waken my little sister and she would not have started crying. If I had known he was going to ring, I would have stayed at home. If the camera is on, a red light appears. If you do, will you please remind him? What would have you done if you had not caught the train? If I had one, I would grow plants in pots then my flat would be perfect. Your car would not have broken of you had taken it If you freeze water, it turns into ice. Tell him to bring his bicycle inside. If he leaves it outside, someone will steal it He is allowed to leave early today if he will stay later tomorrow. Would you work harder if you were better paid? If you didn't complain so much, you might be Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with teachers At Majorana 2. Cooperation with the English Department 3. Collaboration with History and Philosophy teachers (modulo esterno) Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with teachers not only at Liceo Majorana http://www.epubeditor.it/ebook/?static=78562 Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example I: what do you know about? Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
What do we know about ? Political Speeches Political Speeches World War 2 World War 2 Movies Trump Rhetoric Motivation Movies Winners-losers Games States involved Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
What do we know about the path to World War II? Match the event with the year 1939 (August) 1939 (August) 1939 1939 1936 1936 1938 1938 1938 1938 1936 1936- -39 1939 1939 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Policy of Appeasement ( Policy of Appeasement (Neville Chamberlain) Pact of Steel Pact of Steel Rome Rome- -Berlin Axis Berlin Axis Anschluss Anschluss Munich Conference Munich Conference Treaty of Non Treaty of Non- -Aggression (Russia and Aggression (Russia and Germany) Germany) 39 Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example II: compare and contrast Comparing and contrasting Compare the 1940 Blood, Tears, Toil and Sweat speech by sir Winston Churchill with FDR s speech. The context is different, but the appeal to the nation presents similar traits. Can you compare the structure of the two speeches? Do the two speakers make use of long or short sentences? ( ) What do you think about the actual political speeches? Have you heard Trump s speech? Compare the 1940 Blood, Tears, Toil and Sweat speech by sir Winston Churchill with Kennedy s speech. The urgency of war is different, but the appeal to the nation presents similar traits( ) Do they make use of repetitions of concepts? In your opinion, does the means of communication influence the message of the speeches? And the way the speakers look like? Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example III: guess in a synthetic way 4th year students Declaration of Independence and American Constitution Worksheet Students listen to the Declaration and then complete the worksheet Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL The Declaration and The Constitution worksheet ? 1. 2. 3. 4. What? is? the? date? of? the? Declaration? of? Independence?? How? many? former? British? Colonies? formed? the? united? States? of? America?? Two? laws? gave? the? American? Colonists? the? right? to? be? independent? and? equal.? What? laws?? What? three? unalienable? rights? are? named? in? the? declaration?? ? ? ? 5. 6. The? Constitution? of? the? United? States? is? established? in? whose? name?? On? what? date? was? the? Constitution? signed?? How? many? years? was? this? after? the? Declaration? of? Independence?? 7. The? American? Congress? is? made? up? of? two? assemblies.? What? are? they?? 8. What? is? the? minimum? age? of? a? Representative?? 9. Is? it? possible? for? a? person? who? was? not? born? in? America? to? be? a? Representative?? 10. What? are? the? names? of? the? 13? (not? 14!)? states? in? the? union? at? the? time? of? the? Constitution?? 11. Before? a? Bill? becomes? a? Law? who? must? sign? it?? 12. How? long? is? the? term? of? office? for? the? President? and? the? Vice? President? of? the? United? States?? 13. What? is? the? minimum? age? of? the? American? President?? 14. George? Washington? was? a? deputy? from? which? state?? ? ? ? 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. How? many? amendments? were? ratified? in? 1791?? What? do? these? amendments? form?? Which? amendment? tells? us? that? slavery? is? not? accepted? in? America?? Which? amendment? says? that? an? American? cannot? be? tried? (processato)? twice? for? the? same? crime?? Which? amendment? guarantees? freedom? of? religion? and? of? speech?? ? Which? amendment? gives? black? people? the? right? to? vote?? Which? amendment? gives? American? citizens? the? right? to? own? a? gun?? When? was? the? most? recent? amendment? to? the? Constitution? ratified?? When? did? it? become? possible? for? women? to? vote? in? elections? in? the? United? States??
Working with students Example IV: working in groups Speaking Working in groups Think back over the movie The King s Speech and the information you have about George VI s reign. In two groups, discuss the king s biography and his role in the war. Each group will be given a minute to share its ideas with the rest of the class. Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example V: FCE activities Use of English Match the following words to their corresponding definitions. One definition is extra Threshold Fateful Pledge To strip Disguise A real or imagined line that marks the limits of something A serious promise The entrance to a building or a room Having an important effect To remove A thing that you wear to change your appearance One extra definition allows student to do just one mistake instead of two Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example V: FCE activities Vocabulary Using dictionaries 1. Use a bilingual dictionary and find the correct translation for the following terms: hint _____________________ onslaught _____________________ dastardly _____________________ 2. Use a monolingual dictionary to discover the meaning and the use of the following terms: maintenance ________________________________________________________________________ torpedoed ___________________________________________________________________________ might _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Use a dictionary or a thesaurus to find a synonym for the following words: to attack _____________________________________________________________________________ to undertake _______________________________________________________________________ to overcome _______________________________________________________________________ Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example V: FCE activities Listening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TlkN-dcDCk WSC, Blood, Sweat and Tears Speech, May 13th, 1940 Mister Speaker , on Friday evening last I received His Majesty's commission to form a new administration. It was the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it ________include all parties, both those who supported the late government and also the parties of the opposition. I have completed the most important part of this task. A war ________ has been formed of five members, representing, with the opposition liberals, the unity of the nation. The three party leaders have agreed to serve, either in the war cabinet or in high executive office. The three fighting services have been filled. It was necessary that this should be done in one single day, on account of the extreme urgency and rigour of events. A number of other positions, key positions, were filled yesterday, and I am submitting a further list to His Majesty tonight. I hope to ________ the appointment of the principal ministers during to- morrow. The appointment of the other ministers usually takes a little longer, but I trust that, when Parliament meets again, this part of my task will be ________, and that the administration will be complete in all respects. ( ) Fill in the gaps Complete the following text by choosing an appropriate word from the list below. One word does not fit. of should complete cabinet us connected wage move however to claim affected all costs completed necessary Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Example V: FCE activities Listening David Bowie and the Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZiKOH9NXKc, 5.22 Wir begr en alle unsere Freunde, die auf der anderen Seite der Mauer sind , from a concert in 1987 in front of the Reichstag. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgcc5V9Hu3g Write down the words about the wall and search (even Wikipedia) for the fact that inspired Bowie. Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Feedback from graduates 1. What do you think were the main differences between the CLIL lessons and the Italian ones? 2. Were the CLIL lessons useful for your Esame di Stato? 3. Write down something you remember from your CLIL lessons, regarding the content. 4. You are now at your first university year: are you using the CLIL methodology in the academic lessons? 5. Last but not least: what would you suggest to your CLIL teacher? Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
Working with students Feedback from graduates 1. Peer to peer lectures with your teacher (V); Lessons more interactive and dynamic (S). 2. Capability of ranging from one subject to another (D). 3. Churchill (V, S, D); Second World War (C). 4. The capability of staying at pace with the professors (D). 5. Illustrating the arguments slowly and giving the students a more detailed book (S). Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
What I have learned, what I need to improve The more you see, the less you know The less you find out as you go The more you know, the less you feel Some pray for what others steal I love students and I love my subjects. I understood that teaching some topics in English could help both the students and the topics Liceo Majorana - Convegno CLIL
