Final workshop

Today, with Katie, we made the final workshop.
Every group showed his work to the others, receiving comments and suggestions.
At the end we had our certificate of attendance.

Well ... now this experience is finished: it was a good and interesting one, and I strongly hope to have the opportunity to make other similar experiences in the future.

Greetings to all, it was a pleasure :-)

Project Based Learning & CLIL

Today, with Katie, we worked on PBL. First of all we watched a video , and from it we discussed about the 5 key aspect of PBL (Real world connection; Core to learning; Structured collaboration; Multifaceted assessments).
Then we were divided in groups and worked on a PBL project.
The last part of the lesson was about developing writing skills.

CLIL & film - Learner autonomy

Today, with Rachel, we have analysed the use of movies in a CLIL lesson. She gave us some suggestions and useful Internet resources. We made also interesting group activities to stimulate our reflections.
After that, she taught about the learner autonomy; as usual, we made also group activities to be better involved in the learning process, but these activities can be also used by us with our students.
In the afternoon we made an interesting visit to the Christ Church Cathedral. As usual, Mick was a great guide!

ICT & CLIL

Today, with Kathie, we have analysed a CLIL lesson planning; after that each group made a comparison of his analysis with the one of another group. The role of Katie was to stimulate and assist the work of the groups.
After that, again working in group, we began to build a small CLIL lesson using ICT tools.
The groups were made with teachers teaching similar subjects, so I worked with Stefano and Carmelo. We chose to make a short film using Kizoa, an Internet tool that allows to make video/presentations; the topic is "Why use arrays instead of simple variables?"
In the afternoon we made a beautiful and interesting visit to the Chester Beatty Library, inside Dublin Castle.

Simulating CLIL lessons

Again with Liliane, we made a lot of activities to simulate two kind of lessons:

• a history lesson
• a science lesson

In the simulation we used the CLIL methodology.
In the afternoon we made a nice visit to the Botanic Gardens.

Using Reading Texts and Art in CLIL

Today, with Liliane, we made a lot of activities using written texts and arts to make a CLIL lesson.
We also used Internet resources during the lesson to get involved and interact among us. I have found quite interesting "quizlet.live", that allows the management of a competitive quiz.
In the afternoon we made a tour of the Guinness storehouse: it's for
tourists, and I have found it not so interesting.

Teaching history using CLIL

Students again. We acted as if we were students in a CLIL lesson about Irish history. Rachel gave us the instructions and the material. Again, we were highly involved and made a lot of interaction among us.
After that, Katie presented Internet resources about CLIL; and as usual we had an active role in the lesson.
I think that this is a good way to teach, but it requires for sure more time with respect to the traditional way.
In the afternoon we made a tour of the National Gallery.
What to say ... Mick, you are the best!

Planning lessons using CLIL

Our teacher, Katie, involved us in activities linked on how to plan lessons using CLIL.
We filled up some questionnaires and wrote a list of materials and techniques to use in the various steps of the planning project.
We were then divided in small homogeneous groups to discuss our work. After that in each group was introduced an English teacher, to compare and discuss the different points of view between content and language.
In the afternoon we made a tour of the National Museum. Our guide, Mick, was excellent as usual.

CLIL theory

Today we had a couple of lessons about CLIL theory.
The first teacher, Rachel, spoke about the development of theory and methodology in language learning.
After that Katie, another teacher, introduced the concept of CLIL.
They highly involved us during the lessons. with questionnaires, group work and Internet search.
In the afternoon we went to visit the Trinity College. I finally got the opportunity to see the Book of Kells, an ancient Bible with wonderful miniatures. Mick, our guide, was fantastic.

First school-day at Alpha College.

This is the first day of my CLIL course at Alpha College.
At the end of the day I can say that it was really good!
In the morning we met with the other students of the CLIL course: all of them are teachers, like us.
The course teacher, Katie Greig, is very good in managing the group, but she speaks very fast.
In the afternoon we made a guided tour of Dublin. Mick, our guide, is a very capable and nice teacher: he taught us a lot of things about the places and the history of Dublin in a pleasant and funny way

Three, two, one ... GOOOO!

And finally the starting day is arrived.
I'm ready to start this new experience, and I'm sure it will be a good one.
I'm going to take my flight at Treviso Airport; in a few hours I'll be at Dublin, Ireland.
The weather here in Venice is cloudy, and it's raining a little: Google tells me that in Dublin the weather is cloudy and the temperature is 14° C ... so, more or less, it seems to be like here.

Enrolled!

Well, I have finished the enrolment procedure to the "Theory & Practice of CLIL" course. I have paid the invoice and booked the flight to Dublin with Stefano and Carmelo. Now I'm waiting for the course start. I think my next post will be in the next October, when the course will begin.

Theory & Practice of CLIL

Well, I've chosen the course I want to follow:
Theory & Practice of CLIL.
It's managed by Alpha College, Dublin (Ireland), and it sounds good!
So I'm starting the enrolment procedure, because I want to buy the flight tickets as soon as possible, to get a good price (I hope!)

Starting the blog. First problem!

Hi all,

first problem with the blog:

the address eurozucccazziolato.blogspot.com isn't available!

So I must switch to another one; I have chosen
   eurozucc-cazziolato.blogspot.com
which is very similar to the standard form we have established for the names of our blogs.