Section 4: Where to find good resources of CLIL?
This section aims to offer CLIL resources of any kind:
- Ready-to-use Materials, with links to ready-to-use CLIL units which can be downloaded and adapted to your classroom needs. You will find other ready-to-use materials such as educational videos in English.
- Reference Books, which cover both theoretical and practical issues.
- CLIL Theoretical Framework References, such as articles, presentations or videos, in order to increase your theoretical knowledge of CLIL.
- Pedagogical Principles References, such as research articles and books on constructivism and language acquisition theories.
- ICT Resources for CLIL, a collection of links to digital tools which may constitute a great support for your CLIL teaching.
Ready-to-use Materials
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| CLIL general catalogue. CIREL.. CIREL is the office of the Departament d'Ensenyament focused on promoting the teaching of languages. |
| CIREL. CLIL units. CLIL units created by catalan teachers during a paid-study leave in the UK. All subjects. |
| ARC - Aplicació de Recursos al Currículum. All kinds of resources, any subject and any level. There are CLIL resources in English together with other ones in Catalan. |
| Delicious Catalonia. Links to different CLIL materials, selected by professionals based in Catalonia. |
| Other links |
| CLIL Cascade Network. CLIL materials provided by teachers across the world. |
| CONBAT +. Content-based-teaching units. |
| CLIL-SI. CLIL resources selected by professors at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. |
| ReadingQuest. Ready-to-use writing frames. |
| School World TV. Videos for any subject, any level. |
| The teacher net. A good selection of teaching resources |
| BBC bitesize. The educational section of the British Broadcast Corporation. |
Reference Books
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| Coyle,D., Hood,P., Marsh, D. (2010) CLIL. Content and Language Integrated Learning Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The 'bible' of CLIL. |
| Deller,S., Price,C. (2007) Teaching Other Subjects Through English Oxford: Oxford University Press. It contains all kinds of exercises to be used in the daily CLIL class. |
| Foster,C. (2003) Instant Maths Ideas for key stage 3 teachers Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes. Very engaging activities and witty ideas to teach Maths, secondary level. |
| Nichols,A. (ed) (2001) More Thinking Through Geography Cambridge: Chris Kington Publishing. Engaging activities of Geography, secondary level. |
| Other books |
| Kagan,S., Kagan,M. (2009) Kagan Cooperative Learning San Clemente (CA): Kagan Publishing. Practical resources to use cooperative learning in your class. |
| Mehisto,P., Marsh,D., Frígols, M.J. (2008) Uncovering CLIL Oxford: Macmillan. An introduction to good practices of CLIL. |
| Norris,H. (1997) Science support: Biology Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. A book with support materials for british pupils with learning difficulties. The materials provide an excellent language scaffolding for CLIL pupils. |
CLIL Theoretical Framework References
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| Clegg,J. (2007) Analysing the Language Demands of lessons taught in a second language [Accessed 26 August 2013] |
| Coyle,D. (2007) Content and language Integrated Learning. Motivating learners and Teachers [Accessed 21 August 2013] |
| Darn,S. (2006) CLIL: A European Overview [Accessed 21 August 2013] |
| Darn,S. (2011)CLIL: Potential and Practice [Accessed 21 August 2013] |
| Florit,C. (2010) Pràctica docent efectiva AICLE. Caracterització de les pràctiques docents AICLE [Accessed 25 August 2013] |
| Other references |
| Eurydice Report (2008) Key Data on teaching Languages at School in Europe [Accessed 16 February 2014] |
| Eurydice Report (2012) Key Data on teaching Languages at School in Europe [Accessed 21 August 2013] |
| Marsh,D. (2002) Using Languages to Learn and Learning to Use Languages [Accessed 21 August 2013] |
| Marsh,D. CLIL in Europe (video) [Accessed 21 August 2013] |
Pedagogical Principles References
| Bruner, J. (1966)Toward a Theory of Instruction, Harvard University Press [Accessed 16 February 2014] |
| Krashen, S.D. (1982) Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition [Accessed 16 February 2014] |
| Van Lier, L. (1999) The Ecology of Language Learning & Classroom Research [Accessed 16 February 2014] |
| Van Lier, L. (1999) All hooked up: An ecological look at computers in the classroom [Accessed 16 February 2014] |
| Vygotsky, L. (1978) Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes, Harvard University Press [Accessed 16 February 2014] |
ICT Resources for CLIL
Why using ICT in our CLIL lessons?
Isabel Pérez is a teacher of English in Andalusia. Her website offers lots of resources to teach foreign languages and CLIL. She relates the use of ICT with the 4Cs framework. Take a look at her ideas! La WWW y el aula CLIL
Bookmarking| Delicious Social Bookmarking http://www.delicious.com/help/getStarted |
| Symbaloo Get your bookmarks anywhere http://www.symbaloo.com/ |
Collaborative Writing
| Wikispaces Create your wiki http://www.symbaloo.com/ |
| Blogs Create your classroom bloghttp://www.blogger.com/start?hl=es |
Creating your Language Activities
| Teacher's Pet http://www.teachers-pet.org/ |
| Hot Potatoes http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ |
Mind Mapping Links
| Bubbl.us https://bubbl.us/ |
| Concept Draw http://conceptdraw-mindmap-professional.uptodown.com/ |
| Smart Draw http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/ppc/mind-map-software.htm |
| Text 2 Mindmap http://www.text2mindmap.com/ |
| Thinking Maps http://thinkingmaps.com/ |
| Webspiration http://www.mywebspiration.com/ |
Treasure hunts and Webquests
| Webquest Create a webquest http://www.webquest.org/ |
| Treasure Hunts What is a treasure hunt? http://www.isabelperez.com/taller1/aprendizaje_tareas_2.htm |
Videos
| YouTube Broadcast yourselfhttp://www.youtube.com/ |
| Videos in Google http://www.google.es/videohp |
| Teacher Tube http://blog.educastur.es/blog/2007/04/25/videos-educativos-en-teachertube/ |
| Videos a edu3.cat http://www.edu3.cat/ |
| Daily Motion http://www.dailymotion.com/es |
Voice and Sound: Listening and Speaking
| Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ |
| Dotsub http://dotsub.com/ |
| Skype www.skype.com |
| Voicethread http://voicethread.com/about/features/ |
Visual Presentations
| DotPhoto http://www.dotphoto.com/ |
| Digital Books http://phobos.xtec.cat/llibres/prestatgeria/ |
| Slideshare http://www.slideshare-.net/ |
| Scribd http://es.scribd.com/ |
| Snips http://www.esnips.com/ |
| Web Poster Wizard http://wizard.4teachers.org/ |
| Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ |