CLIL - Content and Language Integrated Learning – IHD-CLI
IH Dublin

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The Teacher Refresher CLIL programme is designed for nonnative English-speaking teachers to refresh their English language skills while exploring the principles of CLIL. Ideal for teachers seeking practical ideas and activities for their students, this programme includes regular English classes from Monday to Friday, along with intensive CLIL sessions twice a week. Participants will develop an understanding of CLIL principles, consider methodologies, lesson frameworks, teaching strategies, and skills for CLIL use. They will also evaluate, adapt, and design materials for language learning in a CLIL context, and share best practices and ideas from their own teaching experiences.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
- Non-native English-speaking teachers seeking to refresh their English skills
- Those who want to understand and apply CLIL principles
- Those who seek new teaching methodologies and strategies
- Those who wish to design and adapt CLIL materials
- Those who are interested in sharing best practices with fellow educators

UNITS:
- Intensive CLIL sessions twice a week
- Development of an understanding of CLIL principles
- Exploration of methodologies, lesson frameworks, teaching strategies, and skills for CLIL
- Opportunities to evaluate, adapt, and design materials for language learning in a CLIL context

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By completing the Teacher Refresher CLIL programme, participants will refresh their English skills, understand and apply CLIL principles, explore new teaching strategies, and design effective CLIL materials.

SAMPLE PROGRAMME:
1) Monday
- Course outline and objectives, needs analysis and review
- What is CLIL? How CLIL are you?
2) Tuesday
- ntroduction to Irish history
- HOTS and LOTS: Thinking skills and CLIL
3) Wednesday
- Working with vocabulary
- The 4 Cs of CLIL Maths lesson observation
- The Irish Education System
- Developing Speaking Skills
4) Thursday
- Irish Mythology task-based lesson: Tir Na nOg
- Maximising motivation and participation
5) Friday
- Websites and other resources
- Developing receptive skills, week 1 review, and overview of week 2
- Women in Irish History
- Task-Based Learning: Types of Task
*This is a sample timetable. The exact course programme may vary each week and depends on the selected schedule

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Tuition: 25 hours of group lessons per week. Each lesson is 60 minutes.
- Timetable: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 13:30 and Wednesday to Friday 14:30 - 17:00
- Class size: Maximum 15
- The course materials included in the price.

Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:

bilard, bowling *, fitness *, horse riding *, ice scating *, paintball *, sport in park, table tennis

board games, boat cruises *, cinema afternoon/evening *, city tour/walk, concerts *, cooking lessons, cultural activities, cultural events and festivals, dance lessons/workshops, football matches, games nights, guided city tours *, international evenings, international food day, live music / music nights, museum visits, orientation tour, pub and restaurant evenings, school party, sightseeng, visits to music festivals

Wexford (Hook Head Lighthouse) *, Galway *, Belfast and Titanic Museum *, Garden of Ireland (Wicklow and Glendalough) *, Cliffs of Moher *, Burren *, Guinness Storehouse *, Dublin Zoo *, Trinity College Library *, The National Gallery of Ireland *, The Irish Museum of Modern Art *

* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne