My CLIL Science Corner

 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:  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 lan...

  Hi everyone!!! Some days ago I started revising and updating the CLIL projects I will be teaching this school year and I thought it might be a good idea to let you know how I plan my CLIL units. Firstly, I would like to mention that I work in a big school. So, we have planned which Science contents are going to be taught in Catalan and which contents are going to be taught in English. The contents taught in English are mainly those contents in which students can experiment more, especially in 5th and 6th grade. Secondly, as the Science teacher, I talk to the teachers who are going to teach the contents in Catalan. We classify the different units or projects in the three terms of the school year. Next, it's my turn. Let me tell you the steps I follow to plan my CLIL projects: 1) My two documents of reference are the " Currículum d' Educació Primària " and " Competències bàsiques de l'àmbit de coneixement del medi " of the Depatment of Education of Catal...