Belluzzi-Fioravanti

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• Studiejaar 4

Welcome

Horizon College: Bilingual Education and CLIL

Today's programme

- Introduction 

- the Dutch school system

- Horizon College

- How we implement CLIL at our school

- Questions?

Introduction

Wendy Kerdijk

English teacher and CLIL coach at Horizon College in Purmerend and Heerhugowaard in the Netherlands

The Dutch school system in a nutshell

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)

Horizon College Hospitality department

Vocational Education

Level 2	cook	waiter
Level 3	independent cook	independent waiter
Level 4	International Manager Hospitality Food and Beverages

Horizon College, hospitality department

 2 locations with their own restaurants and foodtrucks run by students

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

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)

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

1.3 Our CLIL aims

BICS:     Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills

CALP:     Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency

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

1.5 Our CLIL aims

Active learning

* safety
* movement
* social interaction
* emotions
* groupwork
* differentation in the presentation of the new information

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

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

Video

Student Lente giving instruction to the other students

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?

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
 

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

Are there any questions?