Why not CLIL?

TASK 1
IDENTIFYING THE COMUNICATIVE SKILLS

CALP
Content Language

BICS
Language through
Basic
Interpersonal Scaffolded
Language
Language.

Key vocabulary:

Functions:

gills, lungs,
breathing, fin, body,
tail, head, mouth,
eye, scales,
plankton, crab,
seahorse, jellyfish,
aquatic animal.

Main structures:
There is a, There
are, We can
seeand, I think
this is,
Maybe,
bigger than / the
biggest
smaller than / the
smallest
between,
Why, what, where
is / has / was
it is an aquatic
animal.
It is not an aquatic
animal.

Making predictions
Expressing opinions.
Comparing.

Dictionary
use
for
vocabulary extension.

hypothesize

Asking and answering Language to carry out

questions.
worksheet and oral
Explaining or arguing task.
facts.

Language support
Word banks
Word cards
Sentence gap fill
Visual reference
Vocabulary
on
board

Adverbs: after,
before, then
Adjectives: small,
big, far,
near, large, inner,
outer
Prepositions: in, on,
at

Research

Investigation
Handling
the