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Integrating Content Learning and Writing Skills with Four Square Lynn W. Zimmerman, PhD English Language Fellow Aleksander Xhuvani Univeristy Elbasan, Albania

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Integrating Content Learning and Writing Skills with Four Square

Lynn W. Zimmerman, PhDEnglish Language Fellow

Aleksander Xhuvani UniveristyElbasan, Albania

CLIL

• Content and Language Integrated Learning– teaching subjects such as science, history and

geography to students through a foreign language – simultaneous learning of content and a foreign

language

Aspects of CLIL

• Adapting tasks and materials so that learners can understand what they have to do and can demonstrate what they know

• Activating prior knowledge• Activating higher order thinking skills (HOTS).

– Creative thinking skills - to solve problems and to think of new ideas.

– Critical thinking skills - help learners determine the accuracy, or authenticity of something, and gives them the ability to look for reasons and alternatives

Differentiation

• Support for learners who are either less able– often require modified input, such as simplified

texts or additional visual support– may also need modified output, such as

answering fewer questions

• More able learners – encouraged, for example, to check work, support

peers and do extension activities

Scaffolding

• Temporary support which is gradually taken away so that learners can eventually work without it.

• Supports for carrying out activities and solving problems– simplifying tasks by breaking them down into smaller

steps– keeping learners focused on completing the task by

reminding them of what the goal is– showing other ways of doing tasks– using substitution tables and writing frames

Graphic (Visual) Organizers

• Help learners remember new information by making thinking visual.

• By writing down or drawing ideas they can easily make connections.

• Can also promote co-operative learning with learners working together to complete a task

Assessment Criteria

• How well a learner has achieved the learning outcomes– Content objectives– Language objectives

CLIL, Writing, and the Common European Framework

• B1 – can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest

• B2 - can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects

• C1 - can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices

What is Four Square Writing?

Your Turn

Vocabulary Four Square

Your TurnDefinition Use in a sentence

Synonym Draw a picture

Parts of Speech

Your TurnAdjectives Nouns

Adverbs Verbs

Paragraph Writing

Your TurnOpening Supportive Sentence Supportive Sentence

Supportive Sentence Summary Sentnece

How Will You Use It?

Idea #1 Idea #2

Idea #3 Idea #4

I will use four square writing for…