CLIL AND PBL (Project-Based Learning) WORKSHOP#1

Objective: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to describe their
commuting habits using prepositions and transport-related vocabulary. They
will also be able to identify and name different car parts and use them to ask
and answer questions about cars. Additionally, they will be able to express
their opinions on different modes of transportation using adjectives.

COMMUTING

Prepositions

1. Complete each sentence with a preposition.

About at by by
On on out to

1. I usually go to work by car.

2. It takes me an hour to get to work.

3. When I arrive the office, I have a problem parking the car.

4. I sometimes go to work bicycle.

5. The trains often arrive time.

6. I enjoy looking of the window.

7. I often go foot.

8. I hardly ever go taxi.

Listening

2. Now listen to someone describing their journey to work and put ‘T’ (True) or
‘F’ (false) next to each statement in Ex 1.

➢ Listen again and put ‘car’, ‘bus’, ‘train’, ‘bicycle’, ‘taxi’ and ‘walking’ next to
each statement below.

1. It’s much healthier and more ecological.

2. It’s uncomfortable.

3. It’s too tiring.

4. There’s no air-conditioning.

5. It’s too expensive.

6. It’s slow but reliable.

5.Car parts

➢ Complete the picture below with the names of car parts.

1. Test your partne r

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions about cars using words from
Exercise

1. How do you get in a car?

2. What do you use to see at night?

3. What do you do when you have water on your windscreen?

4. Where do you put fuel?

5. What do you do when you want to check the oil or the battery?

6. What is around each wheel of a car?

 7. Intercultural activity

➢ Look for three classmates from different cultural background and city

or town and describe your commuting habits and transportation options

in your native language.

Cultural Native language Commuting Transportation

Partner background habits options
Diana Colombian/ Spanish/indigenous Drives to Car,bus,
work transmilenio

Project based learning

activity
Transportation Brochure: Work in pairs or small groups to create a brochure
that promotes a particular mode of transportation in Colombia, such as biking,
walking, public transit, or carpooling. They will research and gather
information about the benefits and drawbacks of the chosen mode of
transportation and create a persuasive advertisement using transport -related
vocabulary and adjectives.