This lesson contains 26 slides, with text slides and 3 videos.
Lesson duration is: 5 min
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Welcome
Horizon College: Bilingual Education and CLIL
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Today's programme
- Introduction
- the Dutch school system
- Horizon College
- How we implement CLIL at our school
- Questions?
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Introduction
Wendy Kerdijk
English teacher and CLIL coach at Horizon College in Purmerend and Heerhugowaard in the Netherlands
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The Dutch school system in a nutshell
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Horizon College
- Vocational Education, founded in the 90's following the merging of smaller regional schools
- 4 locations in the North of Holland
- 13.000 students (aged 16-22), 130 courses (from nurses to mechanics), 1200 employees (teaching and non-teaching)
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Horizon College Hospitality department
Vocational Education
Level 2
cook
waiter
Level 3
independent cook
independent waiter
Level 4
International Manager Hospitality Food and Beverages
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Horizon College, hospitality department
2 locations with their own restaurants and foodtrucks run by students
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How we implement CLIL at our school
1. Our CLIL aims
2. Courses for the teachers
3. practical lessons in English
4. CLIL coach
5. job shadowing/visit abroad
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1.1 Our CLIL aims
- create as many lessons as we can in English ( currently 40 %)
- each lesson has at least 1 language goal and 1 content goal
- professional and open learning environment in which we work together (content and language teachers) and help each other and we are aware of what our colleagues are teaching
- active learning environment for the students
- Our ultimate aim is to get Nuffic certified (in a couple of years)
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1.2 Our CLIL aims
CLIL lesson structure
starter
main dish
dessert
- content and language goals - scaffolding techniques - activate prior knowledge
phase 1: multimodal input phase 2: ask questions that activate the cognitive skills of the students phase 3: student output: written and/or spoken
moment of reflection - exit ticket - mini whiteboards
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1.3 Our CLIL aims
BICS: Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP: Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
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1.4 Our CLIL aims
Why we believe CLIL methodology is a good thing
* it improves student motivation * the communication skills of students develop more effectively * meaningful interaction * speaking and writing skills improve tremendously * CLIL developes cultural awareness * CLIL learners are prepared for studying in another language
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1.5 Our CLIL aims
Active learning
* safety * movement * social interaction * emotions * groupwork * differentation in the presentation of the new information
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2. Courses for the teachers
Clil course
2-day course with the basics of CLIL
(and yearly study day on which we go over all the CLIL basics again)
Cambridge course
All teachers are able to take a Cambridge course on B2/C1 level
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3. Practical lessons in English
cooking and serving taught in English.
we continued with Dutch method books but faced several difficulties: * preparation time for teachers * confusing for students as well as teachers
instruction in English and after the plenary start the students start working in the kitchen and restaurant. Improvements by: * assigning language invigilators * native speaker, Laura
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Video
Student Lente giving instruction to the other students
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4.1 CLIL coach
one-on-one coaching for colleagues * colleagues come to me with a CLIL dilemma * coach conversations lesson visits * giving tips on how to make the lessons more CLIL (CLIL lesson visit form) weekly CLIL tips in Teams * CEFR * general tips for CLIL lessons weekly CLIL meeting in Teams * how did the lessons go? --> evaluation * who needs help preparing their lessons? * are there any lesson visits/ coach conversations that need to be planned?
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4.2 CLIL coach
Other tasks:
*keeping the CLIL vibe alive
*prepare lessons together with the teachers (when asked!)
*give feedback on the use of English of the teachers (when asked!)
*check together with the teachers if the material is suitable (CEFR)
*promote teamwork and collaboration between content and language teachers
*get feedback from students on CLIL lessons
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5. job shadowing/ visit abroad
every year we try to go abroad with our team and fully immerse into CLIL methodology
* 2 evenings of job shadowing * 2 mornings of working on CLIL * visiting a hospitality school and see how they work * spend time together as a team