VISUAL RESOURCES FOR

TEACHING IN A BILINGUAL
CONTEXT
VisuaI Ianguage in
CLIL teaching
Yolanda Snchez
Fernndez
ES Galileo Galilei
Navia. Asturias
Justifications for using visuaI
resources in biIinguaI teaching
%he main reasons for using visual resources in bilingual teaching
are the didactics, following the main focus and principles of
CLL teaching. This is done by using visuaI Ianguage as a
substitute for the mother Ianguage of the students
Avoid using the mother Ianguage
Avoid literal translations
Make adaptions to cater for the different abiIity IeveIs of
students (including areas of both comprehension and oral
language)
&se materials with very IittIe text (particularly in the beginning)
Another justification for using visuaI
Ianguage is that it caters for different
Iearning styIes.
#ecent studies show that using visual
learning is the main style of learning for 21st
century students.
There are further justifications
%his method gives the students the maximum
time possible to have contact with the
language being learnt
Students and teachers find this method more
dynamic
Motivation of the students
Cultural aspects are studied in conjunction
with the language
ACTIVITIES AND VISUAL RESOURCES
1. DSPLAYS AND POS%E#S
2. SPECFC VS&AL &N%S
3. VS&AL MEMO#ES
4. CA#DS
5. %EX%S W% PC%OG#AMS
6. OVE#EAD %#ANSPA#ENCES &SED W% %E W%E BOA#D
7. PC%&#ES DA#ES
8. COMCS AND SEQ&EN%AL PO%OG#APC MAGES
9. A#% NS%ALLA%ONS AND SOWS
10. CELEB#A%ON OF FES%VALS
11. %EA%#E AND D#AMA PE#FO#MANCES
12. MAKNG VDEOS ( S%O#Y BOA#DS, SC#P%S...)
13. POWE# PON%S
14. WEB S%ES
APPLYING THE ACTIVITIES.
1. S%&DYNG %E VOCAB&LA#Y AND DEFN%ONS
2. EXPLANNG %E CON%EN%S
3. MAKNG %E SCOOL LFE MO#E DYNAMC
4. N%E#C&L%&#AL AND C&L%&#AL LEA#NNG
5. CO-O#DNA%NG %E WO#K BE%WEEN NDVD&AL
%EACE#S AND DEPA#%MEN%S
6. MP#OVNG %E SA#ED %EACNG OF CLASSES W%
NA%VE LANG&AGE SPEAKE#S
7. %EACNG %E C#OSS-C&##C&LA# S&BJEC%S
8. EVAL&A%ON, SELF-EVAL&A%ON AND PO#%FOLOS
DISPLAYS AND POSTERS
- Text onIy
- Without any text.
- Or even with reaI objects
-TraditionaI dispIays
(with text and pictures)
2 SPECIFIC VISUAL UNITS
3 VISUAL MEMORIES
4 CARDS
5 TEXTS WITH PICTOGRAMS
6 OVERHEAD TRANSPARENCIES
USED WITH THE WHITEBOARD
7 PICTURES DIARIES
8 COMICS AND SEQUENTIAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
9 ART INSTALLATIONS AND SHOWS
CELEBRATION OF FESTIVALS
THEATRE AND DRAMA
PERFORMANCES
2 MAKING VIDEOS (STORY BOARDS,
SCRIPTS.)
3 & 4 POWER POINTS AND WEB SITES
13. Presentations dont require a lot of text
and the animations can be used as tool for
teaching
14. %here are many websites that are very
general and have the basics for teaching any
subject, e.g. National Curriculum, BBC,
British Council, Standards Site, %eacher net,
Museums sites, Wikipedia, &niversity sites-
(%eaching resources) (it is important to work with an
online tutorial programme when working with students)
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yolandasf@educastur.princast.es
Presentation made for YoIanda Snchez
IES GALILEO GALILEI, NAVIA
Asturias, SPAIN