I
am in Dublin with other teachers from other
countries, in order to improve my English and to learn new
methodologies to use in class. My objective is to be able to teach
Philosophy in English in certain levels in my High-school.
I'm at the CES
School Dublin, following the course Training for Teachers (CLIL), and
my teachers are Stuart and Samantha. This is Stuart in action:
They
are all teachers coming from different countries like Greece, Italy,
Portugal, Germany, Chec Republic and Spain. Most of the time, we
have to take the role of a student, just to feel how a student feels
doing some activities.
The
main point of these methodology (CLIL) is based on learning in
context, so that the context gives more sense to the language and
improves its learning process.
One of
the most important instruments to get this point is to let the
students the main role of the class, and to promote an active
learning, for example, in using different skills and habilities in an
exercise. We draw, speak, listen, collaborate, and move around the
class very often.
Each day we work with a different skill, as you can see on the timetable of the course:
During the following posts I will try to explain more aspects of the course and, of curse, of Ireland and Dublin.
A good opportunity to learn how to teach other subjects through English
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