CLIL for secondary school teachers

Course objectives

This course is designed for teachers in secondary education, and is aimed at teachers with a B1—B2 level of English onwards.

The main objective of the course is for participants to improve their level of English, consider CLIL methodology, acquire expertise and fresh ideas for teaching their subject in English and work with colleagues in their subject area to produce a piece of work (e.g. sequence of lessons, action plan, project) that can be trialled in their classroom(s) on their return.

By the end of this course participants will have:

• gained confidence and fluency in their own use of English
• developed awareness of the characteristics and needs of the CLIL learner in second language acquisition
• refreshed their knowledge of different learning styles
• experienced and tried out teaching activities that maximise pupil involvement and the use of English in CLIL lessons
• worked with Northern Irish colleagues in their subject area to produce a piece of work (E.g. sequence of lessons, action plan, project etc) that can be trialled in their classroom(s) on their return

Teachers will have specific afternoon sessions depending on the subjects they teach.

The subjects this course caters for are:

• Science
• Music
• Art
• Physical Education

Weekly Course Structure and Timetable

09:00—13:00		14:00—16:30
Monday
General English	Lunch	Programme of social and cultural activities around Belfast (optional) or preparation time for materials or tasks deriving from the CLIL sessions.
Tuesday
General English	Lunch	CLIL sessions:, workshops and information exchange with local Northern Irish teachers of their subject.
Wednesday
General English	Lunch	Programme of social and cultural activities around Belfast (optional) or preparation time for materials or tasks deriving from the CLIL sessions.
Thursday
General English	Lunch	CLIL sessions:, workshops and information exchange with local Northern Irish teachers of their subject.
Friday
General English	Lunch	Programme of social and cultural activities around Belfast (optional) or preparation time for materials or tasks deriving from the CLIL sessions.
Saturday
Suggested Activity Full day excursion to the North Antrim Coast, includes the Giant’s Causeway, Carrickarede, Dunluce Castle and a visit to the seaside town of Portrush.
Sunday
Free day

 

Dates

5th—16th July

Preparation

Participants are asked to complete an application form that serves as an analysis of their previous experience, their level of English and their needs in relation to CLIL teaching.

They are also asked to identify an area of work (e.g. topic, scheme of work, use of target language), that they would like to develop.

Booking your course

In order to register for this course, download the application form, complete it and return to marta@ihbelfast.com.

Price

Course		£520.00
Accommodation	Home stay half board	£285.00
	University Residence (self catering)	£255.00
	Shared apartments (self catering)	£255.00
Airport transfer to accommodation on arrival (Belfast only)		£50.00
Optional Saturday full day excursion		£25.00