DoCoyle_What is the 4 Cs teaching framework? Methodology for plurilingual Education_Unit 2: CLIL Principles
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What is the 4 Cs teaching framework?
A __________ framework to enable teachers to ______ their units of work so the different elements of CLIL are _________.
What is content?
Content is part of a ________, a theme or a topic. Sometimes teachers have the opportunity to __________ it themselves, other times it’s already written in a ________ or in a syllabus. Content must lead the way. We need to ________ the content and be very clear of what the content will be over over a ________ of lessons or a unit.
What is cognition?
The ________ of which the learning has to take place. It is not acceptable if CLIL operates at a level which is _______ than the cognitive level of the learners. Whatever the content is we have to look at what the __________ are of maintaining a high level of learning appropriate to the _____ and ______ of the students. We are looking at creativity and critical thinking skills.
What is communication?
By communication we mean ________. Language can be a problem but also an __________. What we can do in terms of language in the CLIL setting is to rely on grammatical _________ for the language to take place. The language has to support the content _________. And the communication has to be ________ for the students to enable them to learn an appropriate cognitive level. That is the greatest _________ of all CLIL is trying to get the language at the appropriate level so the _________ can understand.
Perhaps we can use chronology. The past tense needs to be used within beginning CLIL learners. We can’t wait for three years before that happens. It involves a reconceptualization of the kind of language that we need with a special focus on _________ of language rather than just simple the ________.
What is culture?
Culture has to do with cultural _________, __________ and global understanding. It’s looking for opportunities where, if we are learning through another language, how can we also ________ some of the cultural _________ as well as similarities that our topic might lead itself to.
Homework. Explain the graphic.
