Monday 21 October 2013

How do cultural differences affect the English Language Learners Ability to Succeed in School?..



Cockroaches and Ladybugs: How do cultural differences affect the English Language Learners ...:

I’ve been teaching in a CAEP School* for two years and primary ELL’s show cultural differences that really affects how they respond, act and...


"People's cultures are a huge part of their life. It has a huge effect on how they see the world, and how they do activities and work in their life".

Monday 14 October 2013

Is that CLIL or what?

I have received some comments and questions about what’s CLIL and what’s not and, especially about the definition of "language showers"...  it seems to me that this is an aspect not clearn enough!

Is teaching a subject in a foreign language CLIL? Are immersion programmesCLIL? Are “language showers” CLIL? Are “workshops” or modulesCLIL?
Have a look at the following article and decide by yourself if you are doing CLIL or not!