Primary Language Skills & CLIL Integration
Primary Language Skill Development
Listening Skills Progression
Years 1 & 2 Primary
- Understand a tale told by the teacher with necessary interactional modifications.
- Understand a very simple dialogue (audio recording) with visual aid.
- Understand words and phrases (audio recording).
- Understand a song or chant (audio recording).
- Follow single instructions given by the teacher in English for general classroom management or specific tasks.
Years 3 & 4 Primary
- Understand a tale told by the teacher with necessary interactional modifications.
- Understand a simple dialogue (audio recording).
- Understand simple phrases (audio recording / teacher).
- Understand and read along with a song or chant (audio recording).
- Listen and sequence, match, compare, etc.
- Follow one or two instructions at a time given by the teacher in English for general classroom management or specific tasks.
Years 5 & 6 Primary
- Understand a story told by the teacher with necessary interactional modifications.
- Understand and read along with a song or tongue twister (audio recording).
- Listen (audio recording) and sequence, match, compare, etc.
- Grasp the overall meaning and extract specific information from an oral text, transferring it to a different medium (A2 level) – with two clues and no distractors.
- Follow instructions given by the teacher in English for general classroom management or specific tasks.
- Follow directions (A2 level).
Reading Comprehension Milestones
Years 1 & 2 Primary
- Read and understand words with and without visual aid.
- Reread as required.
- Read and understand very simple comic strips.
Years 3 & 4 Primary
- Read and understand phrases with visual aid and comic strips.
- Understand very short, simple texts and notices with basic words.
- Follow short, simple written directions.
Years 5 & 6 Primary
- Read and understand phrases without visual aid.
- Understand short, simple texts, one phrase at a time, identifying familiar names, words, and basic phrases, using provided visual aid.
- Grasp the overall meaning of written texts.
- Extract specific information from written texts.
- Read easy texts in English.
Audiovisual Reception Skills
Primary Level
- Understand very simple video clips with language practiced beforehand and adapted to their level.
ESO Level
- Follow the plot or storyline of a simple video clip.
- Follow changes of topic in factual TV news items.
Effective Reception Strategies
- Grasp the overall meaning of written texts.
- Extract specific information from written texts.
- Predict content.
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
CLIL is a dual-focused educational approach where an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language. It’s an approach where subjects like Science, Geography, History, Physical Education, and Arts are taught in a language different from the mother tongue.
CLIL is highly important because English often serves as a vehicular language in global contexts.
Interrelated Components of CLIL
- Content: The subject matter. This refers to curricular subjects, apart from languages, which can be taught through the target language.
- Cognition: Learning and thinking processes. This involves reasoning, creative thinking, and evaluating.
- Communication: Language learning and using. One of the primary CLIL aims is to increase student talking time and reduce teacher talking time.
- Culture: Developing cultural understanding and global citizenship. Learners in CLIL are encouraged to respect diverse ways of life and learn about different cultures, promoting an understanding of other societies.
CLIL Application Examples
- Aims: To understand the Solar System, learn specific concepts, and acquire related vocabulary.
- Content: The Big Bang in the formation of the Universe. Fascinating facts about the Solar System. The Sun as the main star of the Solar System. The Earth in the Solar System.
- Cognition: Predicting information. Making comparisons, e.g., of different planets.
- Communication: Pupils will discuss different animals in class.
- Culture: To understand the origin of the names of the planets in the Solar System. Appreciate differences in planet names across cultures.
Intrapersonal Intelligence in Learning
This intelligence is based on understanding and comprehending ourselves.
Indicators of Intrapersonal Intelligence
- Considering different points of view.
- Always correcting and learning from mistakes.
Activity: Environmental Debate
For Years 5 & 6 Primary
DEBATE: Let’s Save Our Environment!
- What are your thoughts on this topic?
- How do you act to protect the environment?