How To Bring CLIL Into Your Kindergarten Classroom

Verissimo Toste
January 2015
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CLIL

Language

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CLIL

Language

… in kindergarten?
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Aims

Their world

Learning by doing

Thinking skills

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 Their world

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 How easily would your students
relate to these places?

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 learning

their world

shapes, colours, number, …

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 What do they know?

What do they want to know?

What will they learn?

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 context

school

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school

Maths:
How many?

• chairs

• tables

• lamps

• …

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school

Art

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school

Science

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 What are students doing in other classes?

How can I incorporate it into their English class?

Is it useful and meaningful to them?

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 context

school

content

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Content

Content

words
abilities
and

sentences needs

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 abilities
and

needs

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Aims

Learning by doing

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Singing

actions

activity

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Singing

rhythm

language

memory

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Playing

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Playing

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Playing

words

structure

game

Making learning active

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Playing

Motivation to learn
more language

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Values

Learning more than

language

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Values

fun with roleplays

Be patient.

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Projects

What language
have they learned?

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Projects

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Projects

What language
have they learned?

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Aims

Thinking skills

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Thinking skills

noticing

recording

study skills

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Thinking skills

• Is there a window?
• Is there an umbrella?

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Thinking skills

• Is there a window?
• Is there an umbrella?

• What colour is the chair?

• What colour is the kite?

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Thinking skills

• Is there a window?
• Is there an umbrella?

• What colour is the chair?

• What colour is the kite?

• How many coats are there?

• How many pictures on the wall are there?

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Thinking skills

• Is there a window? • What day is it?

• Is there an umbrella?
• What’s the weather like
• What colour is the chair? today?
• What colour is the kite?

• How many coats are there?

• How many pictures on the wall are there?

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 What skills are we developing?

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 categories

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 Toys:

outdoor?
indoor?
both?

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Looking back

Their world

Learning by doing

Thinking skills

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How To Bring CLIL Into Your Kindergarten Classroom

Verissimo Toste
May 2014

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