Article: CLIL in the Primary Classroom

The future is CLIL and this article shows us some practical ways to incorporate the approach into young learner classes.
Published in NEW STANDPOINTS magazine (published by Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic)
(January 2008 - ISBN: 1744-5582)

Rollerblading the 1/2 Marathon in Seville (CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO)

Articles by Nina Lauder

• "Ready Made Resources for CLIL Classes", Práticas en Educación Bilingüe Plurilingue, No. 1, Sept. 2009 http://www.practicaseneducacion.org/
  
• "Up the Sleeve Activities for Young Learners", The Teacher Magazine, Poland, May 2009 www.teacher.pl
  
• "An Interview with Nina Lauder" (by Dolores Malic), IATEFL Slovenia Newsletter, Summer Issue 2009
  
• "All Year English", Modern Teacher Magazine, Issue 18.1, January 2009 (Keyways Publishing Ltd.)
  
• "Christmas Fun" and interview, Newletter: Movaian and Silesian Association of Teachers of English, autumn 2008.
  
• "CLIL with Children", English Teaching Professional, Issue 57, July 2008 (Keyways Publishing Ltd.)

• "Ways Teachers Can Use Computers", ELTA/British Council Newsletter, June 2008.

• "Spring Fever: Content Based Activities for Springtime", The ETAS Journal, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2008 (ETAS: English Teachers Association Switzerland)
  

• "CLIL in the Primary Classroom", New Standpoints, January 2008 (Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic)
• "CEFR in Primary" (Common European Framework of Reference); Oxford Teachers Club (online) (August 2007)
  
• "Ten 5-Minute Activities to Keep Young ESL/EFL Learners on Their Toes"; Internet TESL Journal; Vol. XIII, No. 8 (August 2007) SEE: http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Lauder-ForYoungLearners.html
  
• "CLIL in the Classroom", Oxford Primary Magazine (April 2007)
• "To CLIL or not to CLIL", CETA Magazine (April 2007)
• "Clarifying CLIL", Oxford Teacher's Club (January 2007) SEE: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/articles/clarifying_clil?cc=global
  
• “Breaking Down Barriers”, APAC Quarterly Magazine (October 2006)
• “Fun and Easy Halloween Activities”, Oxford Primary Magazine (September 2006)
• “Intercultural Activities for the Primary Classroom”, TEAM Magazine, Tenerife SEE:http://teacanarias.org/team2/team2_42_lauder.pdf
• “Content Based Christmas”, Richmond Times (December 2005)
• “Starting Off on the Right Foot”, Richmond Times (September 2005)
• “Breaking Down Barriers”, Richmond Times (Mayo 2005)
• “Christmas Activities for Primary”, Richmond Times (December 2004)
• “Keeping Them on Their Toes”, Richmond Times (September 2004)
• “Puppets in Primary”, Richmond Times (April 2004)
• "Great Games for Primary", Richmond Times (September 2003)
• "Surviving the First Days of Primary", It's for Teachers, No. 5 (March 2003)

Learning to powerskip...continued

Press play button to see me bouncing along :)

Christmas is Coming (click on pages to open link)

Colouring pages for Young Learners
How to say Happy Christmas in different languages
Christmas Songs (lyrics and music)
Christmas Crafts
Online Christmas Games

VideoJug (CLICK HERE to see experiment)

Go to the education section on Video Jug (www.videojug.com) and find a seletion of short clips on history, science, physics etc. For example, find out how to suck an egg into a bottle watching:

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-suck-an-egg-into-a-bottle

OUP DAY in BELGRADE
November 10th, 2007
(Tom Hutchinson, Clive Oxenden, Michael Swan)

ELTA magazine (Serbia) - Interview CLICK HERE

Scroll down to:
A Day in Life of… Nina Lauder by Maja Hadžić
Nina Lauder talks about her "falling into" the teaching profession only to find out there's nothing more she could want.

More links...this time, for CLIL

History worksheets on the ROMANS (BBC)

Earth Science - go to Chapter resources - Worksheets on earthquakes, the solar system etc. (McGraw-Hill)

Map and compass activities for Physical Education or Geography

Article by Bill Bowler in New Standpoints Magazine ("The Rise and Rise of CLIL")

Never too late to learn something new

Learning how to use 'powerskips' in Seville
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"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow."
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo

Back to work after holidays in CANADA

Nina In Action

Press the play button to see the slide show

CLIL - Sample Page Downloads (Photocopiables) CLICK HERE

Click on link above. To see sample pages from JET: Projects Across the Curriculum click on BOOKS - ENGLISH BOOKS - PRIMARY then on the title of the book :)
ISBN: 9781904720812

Documents and Materials on-line CLICK HERE

Click on the link above to see CLIL material and powerpoints from the CEP in Seville. Look in RECURSOS - MATERIALES - Materiales de Plurilinguismo then click on the PDF file or powerpoint presentation.

Fun with Little Ones

Talks and Workshops 2007

• CP Zawiya, Seville (January - March) "Materials Development for CLIL"
• IES Fidiana, Cordoba (January - March) "Classroom Language and Activities for CLIL"
  
• St. James School, Seville (January) "Integrated Skills" "Project Work"
  
• Junta de Andalucia, Seville (January) "Practical Activities for CLIL"
  
• APAC, Barcelona (February) "Content-Focused Material for the ELT Classroom" (sponsored by Mary Glasgow Magazines)
  
• El Carmen, Cordoba (March - May) "Teaching English in Pre-school" (10 hours)
• TESOL-Spain, San Sebastian (March) "Cross Curricular Resources for Primary and Secondary"
• Oxford Teachers' Academy, CROATIA (March) "Trouble with Teens", "Dealing with Diversity", "Pick up your pens, and WRITE"
• Oxford University Press Spain (March - May) "First Cycle: Everything you Need to Know", "Making the Most of Stories" (talks given in Seville, Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Malaga, Caceres, Santander)
  
• Junta de Castilla-La-Mancha, Alcazar de San Juan (March) "Practical Activities for CLIL"
• ELEIN, Malaga (April) "Making Connections: Teaching and Learing Across the Curriculum"
• Oxford Teachers' Academy, TURKEY (April) Plenary at TED International, "Making Connections"
  
• GRETA, Granada (April) "CLIL in the Classroom"
  
• CETA, Cordoba (May) "Projects Across the Curriculum"
  
• Oxford Teachers' Academy, POLAND (May) "Making the Most of Pre-school"
  
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• Summer School in Soko Banja, SERBIA (July) "Making Memorization Fun and Easy", "Conversational Grammar", "Reading Awareness", "Trouble with Teens" "Practical Activities for CLIL"
• Oxford Teacher's Academy - SERBIA (August) "Introduction to Teaching Young Learners", "Vocabulary and Dictionaries", "Speaking"
• English Language Institute (September) "Making Connections"
• CEP OSUNA (November) "Preschool and 1st cycle"
  
• OUP DAY SERBIA (November) "Starting off well, finishing off well"
• CEP CORDOBA (November) "CLIL and New Technologies in Secondary"
  
• CEP CORDOBA (November) "English in 1st cycle Primary" (Active Learning, New Technologies, Stories)

Talks and Workshops 2006

• English Language Institute, Tomares, Seville “Oral Communication”
• CEP Gran Canaria (South) (January) “Oral Skills in Primary”
• TEA, Tenerife (January) “Nature and Numbers”
• Pearson-Longman (March) “Evaluation Techniques”
• Summer School OUP/IH (July, Valladolid) ELT in Primary (20 hours)
• Oxford University Press (March-December) conferences and talks on a national level (infants and primary)
• CEP Córdoba (October), CLIL (primary and secondary) (30 hours)
• CEP Cadiz (November) “Diversity in Primary”
• ACEIA, Seville (November) “Trouble with Teens?”

Talks and Workshops 2005

• TEA, Gran Canaria (January) “Skin Deep – The Changing Face of Spain”
• British Council (Madrid, Malaga, Valencia, Seville) “Breaking Down Barriers”
• CEP Córdoba (March) “Culture and Internet”
• CEP Tenerife (April) “Resources for Primary”
• Richmond ‘Weekend’, Valencia (May) “Diversity in the Classroom”
• GRETA, Granada (September) “Nature and Numbers”
• IES Cabrera Pinto, Tenerife (September) “Speaking in Bachillerato”
• TEFL International (October, December) “Games” and “Classroom Management”
• Colegio Luther King,Tenerife (October) “Bilingual Education”
• Saint James’ School, Seville (November) “CLIL Communication Games”
• BLS Language School, Seville (November) “Classroom Management”

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