THE STORY CONTINUES

Foreign Languages

R/P & I/M

Approach to Curriculum

FIRST DIGRESSION

CLIL

CONTENT and LANGUAGE

INTEGRATED LEARNING

REFERENCE

TKT PILOT

SPECIAL CLIL MODULEon Friday, September 5, 2008

for a group of volunteers

(Deadline for registration is Friday, August 22, 2008.)

COLLABORATION

http://tvo.wikispaces.com

CAN NOW BE REACHED SIMPLY FROM

http://bit.ly/tvo

COMMON GROUND

CEFR

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

go there now

SECOND DIGRESSION

RATIONALE for R/P & I/M

COVER NORMAL LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

ALLOCATE RESOURCES

FOSTER COLLABORATION

STIMULATE CREATIVITY

BACKGROUND

First Attempt

this was then

• Current Implementation

COVERING ALL THE BASES

Reception Production Interaction Mediation

AND ALL TEXTS & TOPICS ARE THOROUGHLY SHARED

REQUIRED ACTIVITIES

twice weekly dictations – forms A and B

twice/thrice weekly response journals

bimonthly recitations = songs, chants, poems

frequent listening homework

frequent speaking homework

THIRD DIGRESSION

School-wide topic = FOOD Suitable for (almost) every grade and for

French and German, too Plan to incorporate the following inputs

appropriately during the year Involve the students as much as possible

HUNGRY PLANETWHAT THE WORLD EATS

ASSIGNMENT

At your grade level, collaboratively work out units (R/P &I/M) to share on Sept. 1st and 2nd with all the foreign language teachers

Plan to use displays and bulletin boards on this topic throughout the year

A NEW BEGINNING

FREEDOM within CONSTRAINTS

Change the metaphor = Change the reality

a journey from September to June(and beyond)

a family outinga joyride

an expeditionan adventure