Curso de 25 horas de certificación (2'5 creds.)

The chief objective of this workshop is to underscore the importance of mastering “real English” for adequate communication in the bilingual classroom. After framing the topic against the broader backdrop of CLIL, EMI, and teacher training needs for bilingual education, the bulk of the session will be devoted to familiarizing participants with the concept of “real English”: updated, relevant language chunks which can be directly applied in the bilingual classroom in order to foster successful communicative interaction and basic interpersonal communication skills in both teachers and students. The session will begin by explaining what is understood by “real English”. It will then flesh out the most outstanding reasons why we should be learning to speak “real English” and expound on who should be learning it, and will finally capitalize on how to identify, keep up-to-date with, and use these “real English” expressions. A batch of originally designed and tried-and-tested activities will then be carried out to work on “real English” for the CLIL classroom. An eminently hands-on approach will be followed in proceeding from the identification to the practice and, ultimately, to the production of these “real English” expressions. The ultimate aim is to encourage participants to become “English watchers” (Swan 2005: 6) and to familiarize them with the chief means to continue being up-to-date with the lexicon which is really used at present in English-speaking countries and which will enhance their fluency and communicative potential in the bilingual classroom.