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C4C - CLIL for Children Strategic Partnerships (Key Action 2) Project number: 2015-1-IT02-KA201-015017

www.clil4children.eu

CLIL FOR CHILDRENUn progetto europeo per bambini ed insegnanti della scuola

primaria

Firenze, 22 Giungno 2018



Paola Traverso [email protected]

STORIES AND CLIL



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• Why stories and CLIL?

• How to select storybooks for the CLIL class?

• What types of storybooks?

Introduction



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Why stories and CLIL?

• Educational value of stories

• Effectiveness of the story-based approach in FLT

• Promotion of linguistic and cognitive abilities


The power of stories...

• The food we eat makes our bodies. The stories we hear and tell make our minds. (Andrew Wright)

• We make sense of the world through stories.

• Stories are a way to map the world, to make sense of what is happening , to understand social reality (Bruner 1986, 1987).

Disciplines,

Subjects:

A way to

map the

world



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How to select storybooks for CLIL?

High quality text, pictures, graphic design

Accessible text, linguistically and cognitively appropriate

Peculiar narrative features: cumulative content, repetitive language, rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia

Opportunity for cross- curricular linksSpringboard for CLIL lessons



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What types of storybooks?

Children's literature Picturebooks

Language learner literature Graded readers

Modern stories Fairy tales



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Picturebooks and modern stories



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Graded readers and fairy tales



A modern story



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Apple pie warm and sweet

Apples juicy and red

Tree crooked and strong

Roots deep and fine

The Apple Pie that Papa Baked



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The Apple Pie that Papa Baked

Cross- curricular links:

• Science -The needs of a plant-

• Citizenship – “This is the world bloomingwith life...”

Teacher's Guide on CLIL methodology in primary schools, vol 2 - The world of plants



A fairy tale



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The Musicians of Bremen

Cross- curricular links:

Science - Animals and eating habits

Maths – metric measurements (“The road is long...” What's the distance between Bremen and...)

Teacher's Guide on CLIL methodology in primary schools, vol 2

The world of numbers, lesson 1



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What's the distance between Bremen and...?

• Look at a map of Germany and guess the distances

• 315 Km - 583 Km - 329 Km - 95 Km -

• Bremen- Hamburg

• Bremen – Berlin

• Bremen- Munich

• Bremen -Frankfurt

The distance between Bremen and...



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References

• Antonietti, A., Germagnoli, S., “Prima le domande: il problem finding in una prospettivainterdisciplinare” in Psicologia e Scuola, N° 54, Nov, Dic 2017, Giunti Scuola, Giunti O.S. Psychometrics

• Bland, J., Lütge C. (2013), Children's Literature in Second Language Education, London, Bloomsbury

• Bruner, J. (1986), Actual Minds, Possible Worlds, Harvard, Harvard University Press

• (1987), Il Linguaggio del Bambino, Roma, Armando Editore

• Ellis, G., Brewster (2002), Tell it again: the New Storytelling Handbook for Primary Teachers, Harlow, Longman

• Traverso. P.“Enhancing Self-Esteem and Positive Attitudes through Children’s Literature” in Children’s Literature in Second Language Education, a cura di Bland, Janice and Lütge, Christiane, Continuum 2012

• Wright, A. (1996), Storytelling with children, Oxford, Oxford University Press



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Storybooks

• Giromini, M., illus.Gramegna, E., (2008), Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Riccioli d'oro e i tre orsi, Firenze, Giunti Junior (www.giuntiscuola.it/lavitascolastica/magazine/a-tu-per-tu-con-l-

esperto/clil-4-children/avventure-e-scoperte-con-storie-e-clil/ )

• Nicoll, H., illus. Pieńkowski J. (1976), Meg's Veg, London, Puffin Books

• Thompson, L., illus. Bean, J. (2007), The Apple Pie that Papa Baked, New York, Schuster Books

• Traverso, P. (retold by)., illus.Trionfetti, R. (2016), The Musicians of Bremen,Genoa, London, Black Cat



The Consortium

The Language Center srl of Todi (Italy),www.wellanguage.com (MAIN CONTRACTOR) Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco (Portugal), www.ipcb.pt Universitatea din Pitesti, Pitesti (Romania), www.upit.ro Uniwersytet Lodzki, Lodz (Poland), www.uni.lodz.pl Giunti O.S. Organizzazioni Speciali, Florence (Italy), www.giuntios.it Direzione Didattica , Todi (Italy),www.direzionedidatticatodi.it Direzione Didattica Aldo Moro of Terni, Terni (Italy),www.direzionedidatticaaldomoro.gov.it Szkola Podstawowa nr 199 im. Juliana Tuwima, Lodz (Poland),www.sp199.edu.lodz.pl Scoala Gimnaziala Alexandru Davila, Pitesti (Romania),http://scoala14pitesti.scoli.edu.ro Agrupamento de Escolas Gardunha e Xisto, Fundão (Portugal),www.aesg.edu.pt

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