Connemara

Connemara
Pollacappul Lough, Renvyle, Ireland

Friday, 21 October 2016

Today lesson: Using Reading Texts in CLIL-Interacting Language Skills (with Liliane, the new teacher)

She shows us some pictures and discuss about: where, what and function

Argo: moschea

1. Agra India mausolium
2. truchia instambul museum
3. cambogia temple
4. Our university school in dublin

tells your classmates about 3 important buildings in your city

Second part of morning

Art 1. Music 2. Cinema 3. Photograf 4. Poetry 5. Painting The best art Art noy Artt? 1. what other art forms would you add to the list? 2. do you like art? 3. how many of these have you used in your teachingI If so, how and why? What are the benefit? 4. If not, would you like it? Why or why not

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Good morning to everybody.
Today lessons: By the end of this lesson we will have…
1. categorised activities according to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
2. focused on scaffolding activities.
3. created a CLIL lesson plan.
4. evaluated a CLIL lesson plan.

The 4Cs - There are four guiding principles upon which a CLIL programme can be built.
1. Content- progression in knowledge and skills
2. Communication - interaction, language used to learn
3. Cognition - engagement: thinking and understanding
4. Culture - self and other awareness / citizenship



Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
1. original taxonomy created in 1956.
2. promotion of higher forms of thinking in education such as analysing and evaluation.
3. move away from just remembering (rote learning).
4. often used when designing instruction or learning processes.
5. revised in the mid-nineties.

Bloom’s Taxonomy














Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Dublin is a compact city but has a wealth of attractions for people visiting or those who already live here. There’s a book (of Kells), a zoo, gardens, cathedrals, a gaol, a brew house, a castle and plenty more. Suppose we better start listing them out so:

Today is time of Theory an Metodology of language learning. Discusssion on our language learning and teaching... A methodology is a system for teaching of a language that is based on a particular theory of learning. These theories underpin choices of syllabus type, materials and classroom activities.

In the second part of the lesson, we had learned something about: KWL (what I Know, what I Want and then what I Learned) and Katie give us a sheet where we wrote down our experiences and what we aspetc from this course

Monday, 17 October 2016

Good morning to all of you. The first lesson of today is an introduction to CLIL. Our young teacher is Katie Greig, very gracious and prepared, his way of speaking is very smooth and fast but quite understandable. After introducing herself, she projected on the IWB, the course slides.  
Link to slides 

Good morning Ireland

Finally we are in Dublin.