IS IT CLIL?

In the school of Zerain, they start with a project called “ Lau jaioberri Zerainen” . Kontxi Errasti, who is a teacher in this school, decided to teach mathematics without a book. The birth of four babies in the town get the students interested, so this become the started point of the project.

The projects consists of six exercises:

-     The students visit the babies; they ask to the baby’s parents some questions and they take photos. Later, they write down the answers in a paper.

-      The students ask their parents how they were like when they were babies.

-     Taking account the songs that their parents sang when they were child, they work on it, learning the lyrics and writing down again.

-   The students work concepts like height, weight, time: years, months, age difference … For example, answering to this question: How old was Aitor when Julen was two?

-         The students practice Spanish and English doing a family tree.

-         Finally, they explain the work that they did to other students of a different school.

This project was a rewarding experience for all of them. They had a very good time and they learn different concepts without a book.

So is it CLIL?

Yes, it is CLIL because the students are learning content and language. For example, they learn a foreign language like English doing a family tree. This activity improve the communicative competence of students, especially the oral expression. We think that the oral comprehension is very important because one of the best ways to learn a language is to put into practice with each other. Another important point is that this project also integrate content based on the student knowledge.

 Finally, with this work that they do they can see that English language is a way of communication that is used in a normalized environment.