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CLIL FOR CHILDRENUn progetto europeo per bambini ed insegnanti della scuola
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Firenze, 22 Giungno 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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