·         Come to know of the importance of teachers’ awareness of the students’ language diversity.

·         Understand and turn language diversity into an asset for their teaching

·         Learn to empower language teaching with innovative technologies (CLIL, Multilingualism and Translanguaging) and apply them in the classroom.

·         Explore freely available online tools and open educational resources for language teaching and learning to integrate in the classroom

·         Become familiar with multilingual classroom projects

·         Learn how to build learning activities using resources for CLIL

 

·         scaffolding language

·         task design to support communication

·         anticipating problems and selecting tools to support understanding

·         checking learners' understanding

·         providing relevant and personal feedback

1.2 What is language awareness?

 it is crucial that every teacher be conscious about the different languages their students speak in the classroom, and also understand the possible challenges but also opportunities that a variety of languages in their classroom present to them.
*  E.Hawkins, the father of Language Awareness

L.A. it is explicit knowledge about language, and conscious perception and sensitivity in language learning, language teaching and language use.

BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills), which refers to the language commonly used in social interaction, and CALP (Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency), referring to more formal language, essentially the language of schooling, which is crucial for students to successfully demonstrate what they have learned and achieved.

1.3 Why language awareness is important for Teachers?
- make sure that languages in your classroom do not pose a barrier or a challenge for your students’ learning.
- when teaching in a different language than the one students are familiar with, this language is key, as it becomes the vehicle to delivering the message to our students.

1.4 How to get started with language awareness
* The first step to becoming a language-aware teacher is to be conscious of the different languages that your students speak in the classroom.
* Opening up the classroom practice to allow students to use their home language helps to develop a deeper understanding of language awareness.
* If you allow these children to use their home language you transform their ability to access content material and you transform their ability to develop an identity of competence, and this means they are not condemned to use six months’ or a year of non-participation, because you allow them to contribute in a much fuller and much more cognitively demanding way.

1.5 LA as a component of effective communication competence

2.1 Linguistic diversity and bilingualism in the classroom
-PROMOTE MULTILINGUALISM OR BILINGUISM
-INTEGRATING LANGUAGES IN THE CLASSROOM
bilingualism= exposure to two languages
- helps to do different subjects
all languages are equal and all languages are useful.

GOOD VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/MMmOLN5zBLY

BRAIN BECOMES MORE OPEN if you use more languages
it is important to be aware of the linguistic abilities of our students, but  it is essential to make use of this knowledge.

2.2 The benefits of embracing linguistic diversity
Linguistic and cultural diversity in the classroom presents a tremendous challenge for teachers and students.
taking on a different role as a teacher
switch roles with your pupils
develop a sense of ownership and be at the forefront of their learning process

2.3 Establishing a classroom environment that embraces linguistic diversity
powerful learning environment: allow using other languages either in speaking or writing, students who know the same Language can be in group together doing acitvities
value other Language students.

2.4 Implementing classroom activities
- present key languages in the different languages of the classrrom
- teams of different languages, with songs sung in different languages
- books, poems…. in different languages

2.5 Creating the learning scenario: step 2
 Social Media Learning, Mobile Learning, Game-Based Learning
learning objectives, skills and competences
mention how they will develop them.

3.1 What is CLIL?
- CLIL means using a foreign or second language as a medium of instruction and learning for primary, secondary and/or vocational-level subjects such as maths, science, art,  and business.
- a CLIL lesson is not a language class but a subject class taught in a certain language.
- CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING.
CLIL is an innovation by European Commission.

it can boast motivation.

you learn a subject in a Language that is not your mother-tongue.
SO it is not a Language lesson.

Students learn a foreign Language while being taught a specific subject.
it is a PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH.

3.2 The benefits of including CLIL within school curricula

“CLIL allows students to learn a language without needing teachers to explicitly teach it,
 which creates a more motivating and meaningful lesson"
BENEFITS:
-motivation
- Learning a Language without teaching it
- develops collaborative competences (team activity)
- development of transversal skills (creativity, critical thinking, communicative skills)
- students gain new knowledge while using Language.

3.3 Implementing CLIL activities
in a CLIL lesson all the 4 skills are used in an integrated way

4c model - LANGUAGE INTEGRAATED LEARNING.

3.4 Technology tools for CLIL and other resources

- video
- web tools
- apps
- multimedia

see videos 1 and 2

the EOL: It odels your school towards a Language friendly leaarning environment.

MATRIX: a dynamic tool.

3.5 Examples of CLIL activities in the classroom

- use peer Learning and programming while practising a foreign Language.
yonger students teach to older or vice-versa
- art and Language: "Picasso dictation": the teacher describes a picture and students draw.
- history and laanguage: listening to causes of World War the second listening to a BBC program.
- music and Language

3.6 Complete your learning scenario: step 3, learner’s role and learning space
3.7 Finalise your learning scenario: the Learning Designer
https://v.gd/XRRhw6

4.1 The language passport

mind map that invites and challenges pupils to visualise their linguistic repertoire.

what languages are spoken in your classrooms and in your school?
AIM: increase Language awareness.

http://academy.schooleducationgateway.eu/documents/1089600/0/Language+Passport/28d3ad3b-37a8-4c07-b86a-23461fb95f70

4.2 The multilingual dictionary
the multilingual dictionary not only helps the recently arrived students to learn the language of schooling, but it also empowers the learning of many other languages in the classroom. Besides, this activity enhances critical thinking, teamwork, and interaction among the students.

4.3 eTwinning projects

I am a member of etwinning.

4.4 The European Language Label (SEG)
It is an award.