Inspiration
It sounds so simple, yet I know that it can sometimes be hard to come up with
activities on your own. I used to read through some books that discuss activities
simply to find ideas. This can be books on CLIL, but also on ‘regular’ didactic. You
can integrate the language aspect yourself. Books that can be a great resource are:
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CLIL Activities, Liz Dale and Rosie Tanner
CLIL Skills, Liz Dale, Wibo van der Es and Rosie Tanner
The TKT Course CLIL Module, Kay Bentley
(For Dutch readers) Handboek RRTI, Marinka Drost & Petra Verra
(For Dutch readers) Activerende didactiek en samenwerkend leren, CPS
Why CLIL is NOT hard to do
CLIL activities are the core of our lessons. They facilitate a certain degree of variety
as well as a different approach to language learning. But they do NOT have to take a
lot of time, nor do they need to be prepared ahead very thoroughly. Many teachers
think you need to prepare a lot, I hope I just showed that is not the case. You can
find a wide variety of CLIL activities on this website, I hope I have motivated you to
keep trying to create your own.
And please share! Together we know so much more than on our own!