CLIL for Primary Teachers

Third-party on-site course

This course offers an introduction to the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach to education. It is suitable for those working in Primary Education and aims to help teachers introduce language-supportive methodologies into their teaching. The course takes place in ATC Language Schools, Ireland.

Last updated: 09.12.2024

Next upcoming session:

30.06.2025 - 04.07.2025

Ireland , Dublin , Dublin

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Description

The CLIL for Primary Teachers course is a very practical, hands-on course that gives Primary Teachers the opportunity to explore how language instruction can be integrated into their classroom practice. The course offers teachers ideas, techniques and resources for teaching curricular subjects through English. Teachers are supported in their own language development, with a dual focus on language for teaching and language for learning. Teachers explore language for interaction, language for instruction, cross-curricular academic language, and subject-specific vocabulary.

The course will also benefit English language teachers who want to deepen their practice and explore the thinking and techniques behind cross-curricular English-medium Instruction.

Practical ideas for classroom management, teaching strategies, lesson planning, materials development and assessment will be applied to a variety of subjects across the curriculum with a focus on teaching Sports, Mathematics, Science and Art t

Learning objectives

By the end of this course teachers should be better able to:

understand the core concepts of the CLIL Methodology at Primary level.
identify the language demands of their curricular subjects.
adapt and develop materials and resources to support their students in their CLIL learning.
design CLIL-based teaching and learning activities.
use techniques to help students read and listen in the target language.
support their students in producing the target language (both written and spoken).
understand how to integrate assessment of subject content and language.
plan CLIL-based lessons and units of work with confidence.
support colleagues in CLIL teams to implement a cross-curricular approach to content and language integrated learning.

Methodology & assessment

The course is run over one week and consists of 20 hours of onsite training with course trainers plus 10 hours of trainer-directed project work. The approach is very-much communicative and goal-oriented with participants working to complete project tasks, including the development of a portfolio of lesson resources and materials. Participants are given feedback on their project work by the course trainers. In addition, participants plan a CLIL lesson which they present to their colleagues on their final day, receiving both peer- and trainer feedback on their plans and materials.

Materials, digital tools & other learning resources

Course fee includes provision of all learning materials, including 3-month access to ATC's Learning Platform for Teachers - "ATC Connect".

Certification details

Participants are awarded a signed Course Certificate by ATC Language Schools, with the following information:

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Pricing, packages and other information

Price:

495

Euro
Course package content:

Course fee only. Please note that all bookings will be subject to a €60 registration fee.
Additional information:

Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
Cancellation & changes:

Minimum numbers are required for a course to proceed in full, please see here for details – ATC Teacher’s Courses.
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Additional information:

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