lunes, 4 de mayo de 2015

BE HEALTHY! A CLIL lesson plan

BE HEALTHY!

The main aim of this CLIL unit is to integrate a Natural Science lesson about germs and a Social Science lesson about illnesses prevention, National Health Services and its social consequences in an English as foreign language class context (L2). In this sense, the learning oucomes of the non-linguistic areas are:

a)      Recognise  being healthy as a physical and psychological balanced lifestyle
b)      Learn several healthy life habits.
c)      Learn about different kinds of illnesses.
d)      Match infectious illnesses with the germs that causes them.
e)      Learn different kinds of infections.
f)       Differentiate between avoiding illnesses and prevent infections.  

Dealing with the linguistic expected results, the learning outcomes of the English area (L2) are:
a)      To understand and learn the vocabulary related to the topic.
b)      To read the text “what are germs?”
c)      To differentiate types of germs.
d)      To learn to say how we feel.
e)      To make a word – map.
f)       To make a role play.
g)      Elaboration of a project work.


This CLIL unit is designed for 1º ESO students or A2 Level according to the CEFR. It is organised for a period of two weeks, that means four hours week.