LET'S FINISH WITH ...

1ST.- It is impossible to teach you all the possible expressions we can use in a class in just a bunch of months...I will hand you some sheets in our meeting where you  will have examples of differerent class situations and suitable sentence for them....

2nd.- Another IMPOSSIBLE goal to get in this type of courses is to teach you how to use a CLIL methodology...but at least I have made you think about it...
In the link you will find below you have an interesting book "CLIL4U" published in the internet where you will have all the theory about it.  "Something to do this summer" . I will also leave a long video regarding a lecture on CLIL .


Click HERE to read the book
Click HERE to see the video.

3rd.- And finally I have looked for some examples of CLIL classes in different subjects, SORRY BUT I COULDN'T FIND VIDEOS ABOUT SOME OF THE SUBJECTS YOU TEACH:

GEOGRAPHY CLASS
MATHS CLASS
BIOLOGY CLASS
HISTORY
EXAMPLES IN PRIMARY AND VOCATIONAL STUDIES

VOWELS!!

Vowels may create problems of communication as well if we do not pronounce them as close as possible to the sound they represent.

Forget about the letters. Remember we talk about SOUNDS...ok?

There are 2 ways of pronouncing the letter "i" or "u" or "o", there is a sound that is not a sound... and it could be represented by any letter!! the letter "a" has three different possibilities, and "e" is the least complicated. 

I am leaving you here the video we saw together and below you will find links to see what combinations of letters correspond to each sound:

Click HERE to see the videos

And here you have the links to the way you can find these sounds in a word:

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 THIS SOUND MAKES ENGLISH SO DIFFICULT...IT CAN BE ANY VOWEL WITHOUT STRESS, AND IT IS A VERY VERY WEAK SOUND: click HERE

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PHONETICS 4

Let's finish with the consonants:

The letter "th" has got two different pronunciations:

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 it is the typical sound , the sound you'll make  in "z"in the word "zueco", words like: "think, bath, Thursday...." It is the normal sound
 it is the same sound but you vowel cords have to vibrate. It is not so common, we do  not have it in Spanish but it appears in words that are very  common such as:
"the, this, that, these, those, father, brother, mother, other, weather..." It is important not to make this sound as the Spanish "d"
Have  a look at the videos.

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The last important sound to improve is:

 this sound corresponds to the letter "y" and it is a semiconsonant because it has the form of a consonant but it has to be pronounced as the vowel "i", it is the "i" we do in the word "hielo". Here is the video

COLLABORATION IN CLIL

After analysing all the examples of CLIL units in our last meeting, here you have another test or exemplification of how colaboration among teachers and coordinator should be. It is a presentation where you have on the first column on the  left, the least adequate way of making collaboration among us and on  the last column, what it would be ideal to have... I just expect you to make some reflection on this (I have done a lot) and see how we can improve our collaboration (for those who are nowadays teaching in a bilingual program and for those who will do it in the future, of course). Some ideas are really interesting.

AVATAR'S SENTENCES

Look what I have found in this newspaper...it is the answer to those strange sounds the avatar was doing.....

PHONETICS 3

   &  These are two very important sounds that can really create a difference in your pronuntiation. In Spanish they are interdental (colocamos la punta de la lengua entre nuestros dientes para pronunciarlas), however they are alveolar in English (colocamos la punta de la lengua detrás de los dientes de arriba, truco , aprieta fuerte tus dientes y no dejes que tu lengua salga entre los mismos) Have a look at the video

 This  sound is mainly the sound of "ch "  or "tch" and the ending "-ture" in writing in English, HERE you can click and see some written  examples

 This  sound is mainly the sound of "j "  or "g" and the ending in writing in English,  you can click   HERE and see some written  examples

Now, look at the video and practice the sounds:

  this sound makes a difference in English. NEVER PRONOUNCE IT AS "B". It is closer to "f". Look at the video and you will see what I mean:

NOW PRACTICE THESE SOUNDS AND OTHERS IN THE FOLLOWING LINK:
EXERCISE 

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

Here you have some sentences you have to understand and write down!! A bit of listening! they are very simple sentences to use in your classes in our normal routines.
Click the link ; you will find an avatar waiting for you:
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