Monday, 1 June 2009

Resources for CLIL Classes (Seville area)

Looking for material and resources for CLIL classes? Get in touch with Aurora on 629 840 478 (Seville). Subjects include: Music - Biology - Business - Chemistry - Design - Geography - History - ICT - Maths - Physics - Religion - Ethics - General Science

Thursday, 28 May 2009

CiefP Santander - May 2009

Wonderful couple of days staying near the 'Sardinero' and working with enthusiastic teachers on the PALE programme. Special thanks to Javier Barbero and to Veronica for her great 'Memory Game Maker' suggestion :)

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Switzerland (Bern and Zurich) May 2009


Wonderful couple of days in Switzerland :) Workshops for primary teachers on Saturday with Mary Slattery and 'bear' (for more info, click HERE)!! Thanks to Jayne and Jennifer and, of course, to the teachers who were very active and participative :)

Monday, 18 May 2009

Five Senses Worksheets


A set of ready made worksheets on the FIVE SENSES for the primary school classroom. Click HERE to view the document on Scribd.

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

CLIL Course in Aldeaduero - May 2009



Bell International and the Junta de Castilla-Leon are hosting the CLIL course in Aldeaduero :) Great group and beautiful location :) Click HERE to see a short video from the course. If you'd like to hear the 'Chaparrita' song click here.

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Back in Egypt - April 2009


Back in Egypt (Alexandria and Cairo) talking to teachers about
First Friends :)

Friday, 10 April 2009

OUP Day - Kusadasi, Turkey


Weekend event with Dede and Ken Wilson at beautiful hotel :) Thanks to Ipek and her team and to the teachers for their active participation :)

Wednesday, 1 April 2009

SAFA Course 2009


Congratulations to everyone for all their hard work and thanks to Jeff and Mabel for their help during the session!

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Online Picture Dictionaries

The following online picture dictionaries might be useful for EFL or CLIL classes.

- Merriam-Webster Visual Dictionary (with audio)
- The Visual Dictionary
- Internet Picture Dictionary (in American English)
- Picture Dictionary (with pictures and definitions)

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Online Colouring Page


Jens sent a link for a fun and easy colouring page for young learners. Go to http://thecolor.com/ There are lots of different topics and ideas :)

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Slovenia - March 2009


Wonderful 'road trip' training tour around Slovenia with Irena. Off to IATEFL Slovenia on Friday :)

Sunday, 1 March 2009

Poland 2009



Wonderful trip around Poland :) Thanks to Ewa P. , Ewa R. and the OUP teams for being such great 'hosts' :)
(Visited Szczecin, Koszalin, Olsztyn, Gdansk, Sopot, Torun, Bydgosczcz, Warsaw, Lublin, Rzeszow and Krakow)

Thursday, 5 February 2009

Graded Non-Fiction Sites

Here are a couple of pages from Pearson which feature graded non-fiction information for Maths, PE, Science and History. There are also games and quizzes :)
FACT MONSTER
INFOPLEASE

Saturday, 31 January 2009

EGYPT January 2009 - AUC Conference and School Visits


Magnificent week in Egypt!!! Many thanks to Hassan and his team for taking such great care of me and for organising things so well!

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Talks and Workshops 2009



  • CEP Algeciras - "Project Work and Communication Activities for CLIL" - Los Barrios (November 2009)
  • CEP Lebrija - "Project Work and CLIL", "Stories for CLIL" - Lebrija/Utrera (November 2009)
  • BULGARIA (Sofia) - "Language and Literacy for Little Ones" (OUP Day) (October 2009)
  • CFIE Ponferrada - "CLIL in Secondary School" with teachers and students from IES Alvaro de Medaña. (October 2009)
  • TURKEY (Izmir, Istanbul (ISTEK/TED), Ankara) Incredible English and Story Fun with Little Ones (September 2009)
  • Pre-Universitaria (Sevilla) - Preparing for PAU Exams (September/November 2009)
  • OTA Brazil (Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro) (July 2009)
  • Brazil - ACBEU Conference, Salvador da Bahia (july 2009)
  • CPR Mallorca - CLIL course (20 hours) - team taught with Patti Trimborn and Tim Herdon (June 2009)
  • CPR Santander - "Getting them Going with Grammar Games", "Practical Ideas for CLIL" (6 hours) (May 2009)
  • Switzerland (Bern) "Bringing the Real World into the Classroom", "Great Minds Don't Think Alike" - (May 2009)
  • OUP Spain (Valencia) - "Suprisingly Easy Cross-Curricular Activities", (May 2009)
  • OUP Spain (Madrid) - "ICT for CLIL", "Practical Activities for CLIL", (May 2009)
  • BELL INTERNATIONAL (Aldeaduero, Spain) "CLIL for Primary Teachers" (20 hours) (May 2009)
  • EGYPT (Alexandria and Cairo) "Phonics" and "Literacy" (April 2009)
  • TURKEY (OUP ELT DAY, Kusadasi) "Storytelling" (April 2009)
  • UPO (Universidad de Pablo Olavide) - visiting professor on Masters in Bilingual Education Programme (online course and 'face to face' classes) - "Lesson Planning for CLIL" (12 hours) (March 2009)
  • SLOVENIA - "Happiness in the Classroom is....."; IATEFL: "Bringing the Real World into the Classroom". (March 2009)
  • POLAND - "Happiness in the Classroom is..." (February/March 2009)
  • EGYPT - AUC Conference (American University Cairo) and school visits. "Language and Literacy for Little Ones", "Friendly First Steps in English", "First Steps in Using Phonics" - Jan. 2009
  • CEP Sevilla - CLIL training course at CP San Jacinto - Jan. 2009
  • CEP Córdoba - CLIL training at IES Fidiana - Jan. 2009
  • SAFA Schools - In-house training for primary school teachers - January - March 2009

Thursday, 18 December 2008

Bilingual Education Blog


Edelvives have just started up their BILINGUAL LEARNING BLOG. Go to the left hand column and click on BILINGUAL LEARNING. The blog will feature practical ideas for the classroom alongside interviews, tips and other ideas and suggestions.

Saturday, 29 November 2008

Palma de Mallorca (CEP Manacor and Inca)

Thanks to Mabel and Victoria for organising everything and for providing SUCH great help and support! Great groups at both CEPs! Well done!
Here are some pre-school links that might come be useful:
First-School (activities, crafts, worksheets)
BBC (preschool websites)
Enchanted Learning (preschool section)
Preschool Express
Awards and Diplomas

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Back from the Philippines



Lovely trip to the Philippines :) Manila, Tagatay and Palawan (Puerto Princesa, Sabang, Coron). Delicious food, wonderful people, gorgeous place :) The only downfall was my run-in with a water buffalo and our days in the hospital in Manila! Much better now :)

Monday, 20 October 2008

Trip to Serbia


Wonderful training trip to Serbia! Congratulations to all the OTA 'graduates' :) Thank you Ljiljana...and Pele :)