The 4 Cs: Content, Cognition, Communication and Culture

 HAPPY WEDNESDAY! πŸ’•

This morning I was revising the posts I have written in this blog and I have realised I hadn't shared one of the most important principles of CLIL: THE 4 C's . So here I go!

What are  the 4 Cs? The 4 Cs stand for: CONTENT, COGNITION, COMMUNICATION and CULTURE. A successful CLIL unit should combine the 4 Cs.



CONTENT refers to the subject or theme of the lesson or unit. When planning CONTENT of the unit, it is essential to think of the knowledge, skills and understanding we want our students to learn.

COGNITION refers to thinking skills our students will develop during the learning process. When planning the activities of the unit, we should include activities that help our students go from low thinking levels to high thinking levels (Bloom's Taxonomy). You can also read about "Bloom Taxonomy and CLIL" and "Activities based on Bloom's Taxonomy" in this blog.

COMMUNICATION refers to the students' use of the target language to communicate. We must provide students with language FOR, language OF and language THROUGH (3 As tool). The aim is that our students engange in meaningful interaction with each other and that they produce authentic language. The teacher is the guide.

CULTURE refers to making connections between what they are learning and the real world. Including culture helps our students develop life skills (empathy, respect, diversity, multiple perspectives) and be part of our society and more than one culture (local, national and global culture).

Which is the most difficult "C" to plan in your lessons? Let me know in comments. I will be very glad to read you.

EvaπŸ’“



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