FROM CUMMIN'S MATRIX TO CLIL MATRIX

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 HELLO! HELLO! 💗

How are my Teacher pals going?

Some days ago, I shared the article "How I plan my CLIL units" in my Instagram account. One of the teachers who commented the post, asked if I could explain CLIL Matrix more extensively. I agreed and here I am.

Are you familiar with Cummin's Matrix? Since this blog is about CLIL, I am going to tell you about the CLIL Matrix.  Professor Do Coyle (2002) adapted the CLIL Matrix from the Cummin's Matrix (1984). The CLIL Matrix is a tool for CLIL teachers and it can be used to measure the combination of cognitive and linguistic levels of the different tasks.

As you can see in the image, it is divided into 4 quadrants:

Cummin's matrix CLIL matrix



💠 Activities on quadrant 1 are cognitively easy, but they require a demanding language.

💠 Activities on quadrants 2 and 3 are accessible in terms of language. Cognitively activities are  low to high cognitive demanding ( Bloom's taxonomy). 

💠 Activities on quadrant 4 require to master the language. Plus, they are cognitively demanding. So, these activities should be very well planned.

In CLIL, we should avoid activities on quadrant 1. CLIL activities should be on quadrants 2 and 3 and progressively move to quadrant 4.

Let me know if you use the CLIL Matrix to plan your activities.

Eva ❤

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