Monday 26 November 2012

CLIL

Diagram: Main concepts about CLIL










CLIL in Physical Education class:

Wednesday 21 November 2012

The PEPP Model


Hii! This time we are focusing on the PEPP Model. We are going to show you some information and some interesting videos about PEPP. I hope you like them :D


THE PEPP MODEL:

This model is useful to introduce new vocabulary to students. It consists of four phases (Presentation, Exposure, Practice and Production) gradually getting the student to become familiar with them.

1.The first phase is the Presentation, the teacher "presents" the new vocabulary to their students by creating an environment where they have the need to know the language. To attract the attention of students focused on pronunciation and articulation, the teacher has to get on and off the pitch and exaggerate the articulation of words.

2.The next phase is Exposure, which aims to "expose" students to new vocabulary in different contexts and activities. So students are accustomed to the oral form of new vocabulary.

3.Practice is the next step. The goal is to shape the language produced by the students to fit the model provided by the teacher. Common activities are imitation, repetition, correction, ...

4. The last step is Production. The aim of this phase is the development of automated and communicative use of language. The most common activities are: activities in pairs or groups (surveys, role-plays, dialogues,...).


Monday 12 November 2012

Multiple intelligences

Do you already know what the multiple intelligences are?




Teaching must recognise the diversity of intelligences 
and abilities within the classroom. 
Presentation and practice of contents should engage all or most of the intelligences. Thus, students will be able to develop all their intelligences.
In addition, teachers should become aware of their students’ “intelligence profile” (through on-going assessment, intensive interaction, observation, gathering and analysis of tasks, etc.) and thus, they should try to develop all the intelligences of their students and improve the learning, in this case, of a foreign language.

We suggest some websites to improve the different intelligences and learn English at the same time. What do you think about them?

1. Musical intelligence
Learn English through your favourite songs:

2. Visual intelligence
Click to see a visual dictionary!

3. Interpersonal intelligence

4. Intrapersonal intelligence

5. Bodily/kinesthetic intelligence
Let's go to make a play:

6. Logic/maths intelligence
Do you like maths?
and crosswords?

7. Naturalistic intelligence
Games about nature and science:

8. Existential intelligence
This article can help us to improve the existencial intelligence:

9. Verbal intelligence
Read the news!