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Challenging Children

Content in the Primary 

EFL Classroom

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Children are…

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Children are…

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Children are…

Curious

EnergeticCreative

Imaginative

EagerPlayful

Friendly 

Egotistic/self-important (me,me, me!)

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What do children enjoy doing?

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Cuarto nivel● Quinto nivel

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Children are… Children enjoy…

Curious

Energetic

Creative

Imaginative

Eager

Playful

Friendly 

Egotistic/self-important

Playing games

Listening to stories

 Asking questions

Learning about things

Drawing pictures

Making things

Doing things (physical)

Pretending

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So how can we include all this?

Following a topic-based syllabus

Using non-ELT materials (Primary)

 Adapting the course book Substituting Activity Book with paper!

Including content from other subjects

Doing project work Having a discussion circle

Using real story books

Getting parents involved

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Why is cognitive complexity so important?

“ Cognitively undemanding work, such as copyingor repetition, especially when there is little or no

context to support it, does not enhance languagelearning. [B]y actively involving pupils inintellectually demanding work, the teacher iscreating a genuine need for learners to acquire the

appropriate language.”

  Postitively Bilingual , Smith and Paterson, 1998

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Comparing cognitive tasks in ELT and CLIL

Typical KS1 ELT tasks Examples of CLIL tasks

Listen and point to the picture

Listen and touch flashcard

Name the picture

Match pictures and words

Find the words (wordsearch)

Read and colourListen and colour

 Ask and answer

 Act out the story 

Sequencing story events

Predicting what will happen

Classifying items

Evaluating items

Creating and designing

Making decisions

Make a poster

Do an experiment

Carry out a survey 

Make a model

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Why CLIL?

Motivating (varied topics and subjects)

Challenging (varied levels of cognitive complexity)Real and meaningful

Less focus on form (grammar)

Language use is natural

Builds self-confidence (tasks are not just linguistic)

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Choosing your own topics

5 to 7 year olds 8 to 10 year olds

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● Tercer nivel● Cuarto nivel

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Choosing your own topics

5 to 7 year olds 8 to 10 year olds

Creepy Crawlies

My House

Jungle Animals

Heroes

Our World

My Body 

Healthy Eating

Treasure Island

Growing

Space

Shopping and Money 

Technology 

 Vikings/Romans

My Hero

Continents

Sport and Fitness

Comics

The Rainforest

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Brainstorming lesson ideas

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Spiders –Make yourownspider

● The Very 

Hungry Caterpillar

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Subject Areas:

MathsScienceP.E/Drama Art & DesignPSHE

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Why use stories?Haga clic para modificar el estilo de texto del patrónSegundo nivel●

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Why use stories?

Children enjoy being read to.

They can develop critical thinking and problem solvingskills.

They often activate emotional intelligence.

They have a lot of repetive language that stays with the

learners.Stories often represent social values.

Stories can be a nice way to introduce new content.

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The Three Little Pigs

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Evaluate different buildingmaterials

Do an experiment to testresistance of building materials

Discuss the problems from thestory and come up with possiblesolutions

Understand the importance of collaboration and helping eachother

Perform the story as a class play 

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Why use

art &crafts?

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Why use art & crafts?

Children enjoy making things.

Children love drawing.

Children often learn by doing.

It allows for personalisation of the language e.g.

 My spider has got blue spots.

There is something to take home and show parents(and use the language learnt!)

It gives learners a break from listening and

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Why useexperiments?

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Why use experiments?

Experiments require higher order thinking skillssuch as prediction and hypothesis

Experiments require learners to accurately follow instructions to get an adequate result – a usefulfuture skill

Experiments require physical activity andmovement, changing classroom dynamics

Experiments are fun!

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A sample experiment – Rainbow Colours

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The colours started to move and mix

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The final results!

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Where to find out more?

My website Five Six Seven:http://www.wix.com/michelleworgan/fivesixseven

My email: michelleworgan@gmail.comMy Twitter handle: @michelleworgan

My blog: www.inspireyourlearners.blogspot.com

Boletín Oficial del Estado no.293

http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2006/12/08/pdfs/A43053-43102.pdf  (outlines competencias básicas and National Curriculum for Primary Education)

Onestopenglish: http://www.onestopenglish.com/clil/