Consolidating Good CLIL Practice
Enhance your teaching skills by delving into Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) methodologies. This comprehensive course provides a wealth of practical, high-impact strategies designed to enrich student learning. Through interactive lectures and collaborative workshops, you’ll explore key concepts such as intended learning outcomes, formative assessment, feedback, critical thinking, and scaffolding. Each session combines research-backed insights with hands-on activities, enabling you to adapt and apply effective CLIL practices within your educational context.
What You’ll Learn:
This course covers a wide range of topics essential for modern education:
- Intended Learning Objectives/Outcomes: Define and implement clear goals to guide student learning.
- Formative Assessment and Feedback: Employ assessment techniques that inform instruction and support student progress.
- Critical Thinking: Foster analytical skills that encourage deeper understanding and problem-solving.
- Scaffolding Techniques: Provide structured support to help students achieve learning objectives.
- CLIL Methodologies: Integrate content and language learning effectively in your teaching practice.
Course Highlights:
- Interactive Lectures: Engage with expert-led sessions that blend theory with practical application.
- Experiential Learning Activities: Participate in individual, pair, and group work to reinforce new strategies.
- Reflective Practice: Analyze and compare your teaching methods with innovative CLIL approaches.
- Continuous Feedback: Receive and provide ongoing feedback to enhance learning outcomes.
- Collaborative Planning: Develop actionable plans to implement CLIL strategies in your educational setting.
This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, ensuring you can immediately implement innovative strategies in your educational setting.
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Tickets
All tickets includes:
- Event materials
- Certificate of attendance
- School visits
- Admission to all sessions
Standard price
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Group price
Discounted price forgroups of 5 or more
This is a provisional programme, the finalized program will be shared with participants prior to the course.
Day 1, Sunday
14:00 Introduction to course objectives and structure.
16:00 Overview of modern educational principles: setting clear goals for student learning.
18:00 Welcome dinner and informal networking.
Day 2, Monday
9:00 Introduction to CLIL
12:00 Understanding CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and its benefits.
14:00 Key principles of successful CLIL implementation.
Day 3, Tuesday
9:00 CLIL in Practice
13:00 Group activity: Plan a CLIL lesson using new methodologies.
15:00 Designing CLIL lessons: Integrating content and language objectives.
Day 4, Wednesday
9:00 Reflective Teaching Practices
11:00 Techniques for continuous professional growth and reflection.
14:00 Analyzing and comparing your teaching methods with CLIL approaches.
Day 5, Thursday
8:30 Peer Feedback and Collaborative Planning
12:00 Collaborative planning session: Refine CLIL strategies with peer input.
14:30 Providing and receiving feedback on lesson plans.
Day 6, Friday
9:00 Developing Action Plans for CLIL Implementation
12:00 Developing actionable, personalized plans for integrating CLIL methodologies.
15:00 Review of course content and how to implement CLIL in your educational setting.
Day 7, Saturday
8:30 Final Presentations and Course Wrap-Up
11:00 Networking session to discuss future collaboration opportunities.
12:30 Participants present their action plans for feedback.
14:00 Course evaluation and closing remarks.
By the end of this course, you will:
- Acquire new strategies and competencies specific to CLIL.
- Consolidate your understanding of essential features of content and language learning.
- Enhance your ability to set clear learning objectives and outcomes.
- Implement effective formative assessment and feedback mechanisms.
- Apply scaffolding techniques to support student learning.
This course is ideal for coordinators of international projects, school management, teachers, special education teachers, and all other non-teaching experts and staff working in school education, adult education, and vocational education and training (VET).
With extensive experience in education and leadership, this course leader has been shaping learning environments since 1994. As CEO and Principal of TRYcamps Kielikoulu oy and a Neuropsychological Coach, they bring a wealth of expertise to the field. Having taught English for over two decades and authored 25 books on educational technology, his focus is on creating innovative, inclusive learning experiences. As a trainer for Finland’s National Board of Education and an experienced speaker at international conferences, he is committed to advancing education through courses that blend practical skills with cutting-edge teaching methods, including those in special education and AI.
