1. Smart English: Real topics for CLIL and exams Anna Whitcher Brookemead ELT London & San Francisco

2. Smart English A2 Part A / Part B

3. Quick Smart English – 3 levels

4. The beginning  Forming ideas and topics with main author Rebecca Robb Benne.  Asking basic questions and pushing them further.  Keeping exams in mind and making it real.

5. Basic questions we asked  Who is our audience?  What interests them?  What does their world look like?

6. The audience

7. Their world

8. The classroom

9. Further questions asked  How do we build upon what’s already in their world?  What are the important elements?  How can we apply these elements to their learning of English?

10. The five elements of Smart English  Real lives  Real voices  Real topics  Real video  Real skills

11. Real lives and real voices

12. Real skills  Four skills with an emphasis on speaking  Communication strategies  Language chunks

13. Language banks

14. Using the flaps

15. 10 steps in each unit 1 The Big Question 2 Vocabulary 3 Listening 4 Role play 5 Reading 6 Grammar 7 Conversation 8 CLIL 9 Writing 10 Your answer

16. Spread A: The Big Question, Vocabulary

17. Spread B: Listening, Role Play

18. Spread C: Reading, Grammar, Conversation

19. Spread D: CLIL, Writing, Your Answer

20. CLIL in Smart English  Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) or content teaching  Topics that interest students (genetics, street art, moods, animation, the music industry, etc.)

21. Challenges with CLIL  For teachers, having enough background knowledge in a subject area  For lower level classes, selecting topics that aren’t too vocabulary intensive  For students, avoiding frustration if they are not able to express their knowledge of the subject

22. How do we meet the CLIL challenge?  Choose topics that we as teachers feel moderately comfortable with  Encourage students to select topics that are of genuine interest to them  Find and use a variety of materials (print, online, realia) to support the topics

23. How the videos work with CLIL  Add visual support to illustrate the topic  Make unfamiliar or taboo topics real to students and teachers  Use real students when possible to discuss the topic and give examples

24. Providing visual support

25. Making topics real

26. Using student voices

27. Video worksheets

28. CLIL topics in Part B  Ecotourism (Zoology)  Phobias (Psychology)  Bank accounts (Economics)  Water and the body (Physiology)  Gravity (Physics)

29. Smart English and exams  Trinity G3 and G4 (Graded Examinations in Spoken English)  Cambridge KET (Key English Test)

30. Contents map

31. Online tools  Used for all writing sections (#9 in the 10 steps of the unit)  ALL student-generated material  Online tools include Glogster, Storybird, Flickr, PowerPoint, and others.

32. Glogster (www.glogster.com)  Good for lower level learners  Highly visual and fun graphics  Allows for more creativity

33. Storybird (www.storybird.com)  Good for all levels since students write all of their own text  Can be simple or more complex  Wide variety of art gives inspiration

34. PowerPoint  Gives students a chance to write more with prompts  Can import clip art, photos, other graphics  More familiar platform

35. More topics in Part B  Recycling and art (in USA)  Summer camp (in USA)  Ecotourism (in Mexico)  Collectors and inventors (in UK)  Tech arts (in USA)  School and exams (in UK)  Space camp (in USA)

36. What to expect…

37. Components Student’s Book Workbook Audio CDs (2) DVD videos Video booklet Teacher’s notes (online) Tests & exam practice (online) Additional IWB materials (2012)

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39. Brookemead ELT info@brookemead-elt.co.uk www.brookemead.com Duncan Prowse Anna Whitcher anna_whitcher