A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
CLIL activities Social Science 1st Grade Primary (1st term)
1.
SOCIAL
SCIENCE:
UNITS
1
and
2
(1st
TERM)
Unit
1
MY
SCHOOL
(Unit
1
English)
TOPIC
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE
T:
TEACHER
S:
STUDENT
METHODOLOGY
Places
at
School
T:
Where’s
the
playground
/
dining
room
/
chapel
/
…?
COOPERATION
-‐Tour
in
pairs
(All
the
students
in
two
lines)
-‐Marking
on
a
chart
the
places
they
visit.
Teachers
pronounce
the
words
very
clearly.
Objects
in
the
classroom
I
S:
Can
you
see
…
in
the
classroom?
Yes,
I
can
/
No,
I
can’t
COOPERATION
-‐Talking
in
pairs
-‐Writing
on
a
chart.
Objects
in
the
classroom
II
(Prepositions)
S
1:
The
…
is
in/on/under
the
cupboard/desk/…
S2:
Yes,
it
is/No,
it’s
not.
COOPERATION
-‐Talking
in
pairs
-‐Student
2
has
to
say
if
the
statement
is
true
or
not.
Subjects
(P.E.,
Science,
Maths,
English…)
S
1:
What’s
your
favourite
subject?
Science?
P.E.?
Religion?
…………….?
S
2:
My
favourite
subject
is…
COOPERATION
-‐Talking
in
pairs
(changing
pairs
moving
around
the
classroom)
-‐Writing
answers
on
a
chart.
ROUTINE:
Diamond
Ranking.
2.
SOCIAL
SCIENCE:
UNIT
2
–
ACTIVITIES
1-‐2
Unit
2
MY
HOME
(No
correspondence
with
English
unit-‐vocab.-‐)
TOPIC
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE
T:
TEACHER
S:
STUDENTS
METHODOLOGY
Rooms
at
home
S:
Go
to
the
kitchen
/
garden
/
garage
/
bedroom
/
…
COOPERATION
-‐
Game
in
pairs.
Asking
to
go
to
all
the
rooms
(names
written
on
sheets
and
hung
on
the
walls
of
the
classroom)
The
students
fill
in
a
chart.
When
both
have
finished
they
can
sit
and
draw
the
rooms)
Family
members
S1:
What’s
your
father’s
/
mother’s
/
…
name?
S2:
My
father’s
name
is…
COOPERATION
-‐Drawing
on
a
family
tree.
-‐Talking
in
pairs