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The good news about formulating a strong lesson plan for a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) class<\/a> is that it will contain many of the same features of a good lesson plan<\/a> for any class. That is, it will include transitions from and to the previous class and the next one, it will warm students up to the day\u2019s lesson in an engaging way, it will present new material and recycle familiar material, it will include some ways to assess progress during the class, and it will be flexible enough to account for classes that move slower or more quickly than you had anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s important about CLIL lesson plans, though, is that you include both subject area content and language points so that you derive the full benefits of a CLIL approach<\/a>. If you try to wing it, you might wind up concentrating on one area to the detriment of the other. Over time, you\u2019ll develop your own CLIL lesson plan template, but if you need some inspiration, check out the CLIL lesson plan examples below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • What are the key elements of CLIL lesson plans?<\/a>
    • Content<\/a><\/li>
    • Language<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
    • What are some tips for CLIL lesson planning?<\/a><\/li>
    • CLIL lesson plans for kids<\/a>
      • Lesson: Density<\/a><\/li>
      • Lesson: Reading Maps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
      • CLIL lesson plans for teens or adults<\/a>
        • Lesson: The Sun<\/a><\/li>
        • Lesson: Types of Governments<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n

          <\/span>What are the key elements of CLIL lesson plans?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          <\/span>Content<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Most teachers find it easiest to start by considering the content. What knowledge \u2013 that is, what subject area material \u2013 do you want to transmit? How are you going to present it \u2013 through an article, a video, a demonstration, a discussion, or an experiment? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          It can be helpful when planning to finish sentences such as I want my students to be able to\/At the end of the class, they should know\u2026<\/em> If you have a cooperating content area teacher at your institution, meet with that person in advance to go over your goals and see how they interact with theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/span>Language<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Once you have the content pinned down, you can pick out the necessary language and communication skills that students will need to engage with the material. For example, these could include:<\/p>\n\n\n

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            You\u2019ll find these linguistic features in the texts that you present, but also in the language that students need to complete tasks. Imagine yourself as a student carrying out a task. What will you say? What will you write? Then, determine if you\u2019ll need to teach any of this language to your class before presenting students with the task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            For example, imagine that you want students to be able to explain how a lever works. You plan to provide a demonstration or a video of a lever being used, and you will ask students to write a few paragraphs about what they see. For vocabulary, they might need to know words like machine, beam, lever, fulcrum<\/em> or pivot point, effort, resistance, mass, distance,<\/em> and so on. For grammar, they might need simple conditionals and cause\/effect statements, and, of course, expressions of measurement: If you double the distance on one side of the lever, it takes half as much mass to balance.\/When you double the distance on one side of the lever, you need half as much mass to balance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            As you determine the content and the language, make sure you have a reasonable balance of both \u2013 enough content to keep learners engaged and enough language for them to engage with the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            If you are cooperating with a content teacher, make sure you also share the language that you are teaching. The cooperating teacher will then know what they should expect learners to be able to communicate in their class. They might have ideas for useful language that you did not think of!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            Take a look at the following infographic, from the Bridge Specialized Certification in CLIL course<\/a>, to see a summary of the advantages of using a bilingual education method like CLIL:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n