A face-to-face course about teaching other subjects in English.

Teaching English – Content and Language Integrated Learning Essentials (face-to-face) is a course for English and content teachers who teach other subjects in English.

In this very practical course, teachers learn to break down the challenging tasks associated with teaching content in a foreign language and integrate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) methodology with their existing skills and subject knowledge.

The CLIL Essentials face-to-face course comprises of 20 units, each approximately 120 minutes long. Three of these units are available for free to download as workshops. The workshop materials contain full trainer notes and participant worksheets. You must be logged in to download the materials.

The full course covers the following areas:

1. Aims of and rationale for CLIL
2. Language across the curriculum
3. Communication skills across the curriculum (free sample below)
4. Cognitive skills across the curriculum
5. Learning skills across the curriculum
6. Assessment unit - Principles of CLIL
7. Planning a lesson and a series of lessons
8. Language demands of subject content and accompanying tasks
9. Resources
10. Integrating technology in the curriculum
11. Materials selection and adaptation (free sample below)
12. Task types
13. Classroom language
14. Scaffolding content and language learning (free sample below)
15. Methods to help students develop learning strategies
16. Consolidating learning and differentiation
17. Focus on assessment
18. Types of assessment
19. Support strategies
20. Assessment unit - Classroom practice

As well as a providing practical training, this syllabus will support teachers looking to take the Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test CLIL module (TKT: CLIL). If you are not familiar with TKT: CLIL, you can find comprehensive information about the exam as well as sample tests, resources and a TKT: CLIL glossary on the Cambridge ESOL website .

Teachers can experience the online version of the course by taking sample units from the online course.

The full course may be available through your local British Council. Contact your local British Council to see if this course is available.

If it is not available, you can express interest in the course using the Contact us form. We will collect this information for market research purposes and may pass on your details to your local office if this course becomes available in the future.

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