TEACHING-LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE BASQUE STATE SCHOOLS SYMPOSIUM ON CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIL Rosa Aliaga. May 09

BACKGROUND 1999-2006 3 DIFFERENT PROJECTS: Early introduction to English (4-5 year-olds) “Dip, dip, dip” European Seal 2005 120 schools INEBI (Ingelesa Edukien Bidez or English through content) 280 schools BHINEBI (Bigarren Hezkuntzan Ingelesa Edukien bidez) 32 schools

TEACHER TRAINING Advisers create materials Collaborators pilot them FEEDBACK Advisers make corrections Teachers receive, adapt and apply

TEACHER TRAINING In-service training Seminars (fortnightly) Didactic Units: What have I done? Why? How? What next? Discussion

CLIL IN THE ENGLISH CLASS P 6(11 y.o.) P 5(10 y.o.) P 4(9 y.o.) P 3(8 y.o.) P 2(7 y.o.) P 1(6 y.o.) 3RD TERM 2ND TERM 1st TERM Animals Birthdays & Celebrations My Community Water 1 Toys & Games Famous Artists My Body Time Famous Children Water 2 My Family Tree Famous Buildings Climate Settlements People around the world My Body Changes Ancient Civilisations The Universe http://inebi.bgune09.net/index.htm

CLIL IN THE ENGLISH CLASS BHINEBI PROPOSAL DBH 4 Discovering Universal Culture DBH 3 Discovering myself DBH 2 Citizens of the world DBH 1 Europeans Unit 3: Human deeds (Political Science) Unit 2: Human thoughts (Philosophy) Unit 1: Human Beliefs (History of Religion) Unit 3: Become a musician (Music) Unit 2: Become an artist (Visual Arts & Design) Unit 1: Become a writer (Literature) Unit 3: Taking care of others Unit 2: Taking care of ourselves (Health Science) Unit 1: Taking care of the Earth (Earth Science) Unit 3: Famous Europeans (App. Art & Science) Unit 2: How did Europe come to be? (History) Unit 1: Europe: where we live (Geography)

EARLY INTRODUCTION TO ENGLISH PRIMARY: INEBI ENGLISH SUBJECT SECONDARY: BHINEBI PLURILINGUAL EXP.

PLURILINGUAL EXPERIENCE From bilingualism to plurilingualism Compulsory Secondary & Baccalaureate (12-18) Human resources Teacher in-service training, free time to develop materials and financial resources.

Secondary: 26 schools (English) 10 schools (French) CLIL PROVISION Secondary: 26 schools (English) 10 schools (French)

- Voluntary for students. - Criteria: up to each school CRITERIA OF ADMISSION - Voluntary for students. - Criteria: up to each school

PUPILS ASSESSMENT “Selectividad”

SUBJECTS Different subjects in English (at least 7 hours per week or 25% of the curriculum)

Level of language required: B2 TEACHERS’ QUALIFICATION Level of language required: B2

“Las Administraciones educativas regularán los requisitos de formación añadidos que se exigirán al profesorado para impartir en una lengua extranjera, un área o materia distinta a la de dicha lengua, en centros públicos o privados cuyos proyectos educativos comporten un régimen de enseñanza bilingüe. Entre estos requisitos deberá incluirse, a partir del año académico 2010-2011, acreditación del dominio de la lengua extranjera equivalente al nivel B2 del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las Lenguas” (Real Decreto 1834/2008, de 8 de noviembre)

TOWARDS THE FUTURE WHAT THE LAW SAYS: "Para avanzar hacia el objetivo de conseguir, desde el bilingüismo, alumnos y alumnas plurilingües, los centros implantarán medidas de refuerzo del aprendizaje y utilización de lenguas extranjeras, garantizando los niveles de competencia previstos para las dos lenguas oficiales. Para ello podrán incluir la impartición de algunas materias en dichas lenguas extranjeras, en las condiciones que se determinen” (capítulo II, artículo 13, apartado 3) “En el tercer ciclo de esta etapa (Primaria) los centros podrán incluir una segunda lengua extranjera” (capítulo II, artículo 11, apartado 2).

TOWARDS THE FUTURE Teacher training B2 level for at least 30% of the teachers. Change of role of Foreign Language specialist. Secondary teachers in Foreign Language plus a non-linguistic subject. Implementation of other languages: French, German, Chinese, Arabic... Trilingualism requirement for new teachers. Centres “RPT”: content and foreign language requirement to get the position.

THE POWER OF THE TEACHERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXdFXU7bgQc

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