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Module 1 - CLIL Methodology for Primary Schools

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Activity 1 - THE SCHOOLSCAPE

Consider the following pictures. They were all taken in an Italian primary school and show how languages (and pupils’ plurilingualism) are part of the schools cape of the school. In this activity you will analyse displayed images, objects, messages, symbols on the walls and in various areas of the school. 

Step 1 - Answer the questions you will find next to each picture.

Step 2 - After considering each image carefully create a series of questions or hypotheses about how each image illustrates the presence of language(s) in the schoolscape.

Image 1

  1. Where was this picture taken? In which area of the school?
  2. Why do you think there is a sign in English (“Lunch time”)?

Image 2

  1. Where would you find this sign in English?
  2. Why do you think it is in English?

Image 3

  1. When was this picture taken?
  2. What is the purpose of writing the list of food on the board in English?

Images 4 - 5 - 6

  1. What are pupils learning about?
  2. Where would you find these posters?
  3. Why is the word “water” given in different languages in image 4?

Images 7 and 8

  1. Where were these two pictures taken?
  2. Why do you think the sentence “we are hungry” was put on the fishbowl?

Points to be taken into account:

CLIL can:

  • Be gradually introduced
  • Be part of the school daily routine (e.g. the classroom routines and habits)