In this episode, I share three practical lesson ideas that help to implement the idea of the Ebbinghaus retention curve. In other words: how to make sure students remember things better. And why this might be even more important in a CLIL lesson.

You can find the blog post for this episode here: https://www.clilmedia.com/why-repeating-things-really-does-work-in-a-clil-lesson/

Registering for the mini-workshop mentioned is possible here:https://www.clilmedia.com/miniworkshop

Resources mentioned on the Ebbinghaus curve:

https://www.bigrockhq.com/guru-insights-hermann-ebbinghaus-on-knowledge-fade/

https://methodsof.com/blog/the-ebbinghaus-forgetting-curve/

https://teachlikeachampion.org/blog/an-annotated-forgetting-curve/

In this episode, I discuss why some activities work better for certain teachers than others, based on the publication of Tom Sherrington: https://teacherhead.com/2023/04/28/technique-personality-and-values-or-why-i-wouldnt-ever-do-all-hands-up/

You can find the blog post that was written with this episode here: https://www.clilmedia.com/but-the-instruction-was-clear-right/

More information on the CLIL Implementation calls can be found here: https://www.clilmedia.com/implementation/

My blog post on "What is CLIL" was published in 2016, and some time has passed. All the more reason to have another look at this blog post and update it with a more practical approach to CLIL.

You can find the blog post that this episode refers to at https://www.clilmedia.com/what-is-clil-again/

The free training mentioned during this episode can be found at https://www.clilmedia.com/freetraining

What do you need to do to make sure your students do NOT learn a new language? In this episode, I share three things I think will do just that. All with the obvious purpose of making you aware of the things you might just want to focus on.

Want to respond to this episode? You can do so below this post: https://www.clilmedia.com/three-ways-to-make-sure-your-students-do-not-learn-a-new-language/

In this episode, I discuss something that has been bugging me for a while: the fact that I often hear only the positive sides of CLIL. As if teaching CLIL always results in 100% motivated students without any effort by both the student and the teacher. That is not true. I not only share my take on this but also share one reason why CLIL is often not working..and how one can go about solving this.

The blog post on this topic can be found at: https://www.clilmedia.com/clil-as-the-holy-grail-of-teaching/

Alright, so you prepared your CLIL lesson. You made sure you implemented scaffolding, accommodated differentiation, activated prior knowledge and planned engaging activities and tasks. Only to find out your lesson doesn't quite go the way you planned it... In this episode, I share some thoughts on preparing a CLIL lesson that will hopefully help reassure you you are on the right track ;).

The blog post belonging to this episode is https://www.clilmedia.com/you-did-your-best/

The webinar mentioned in the episode can be found at https://www.clilmedia.com/webinar

For this 15th episode of the podcast, I interviewed Phil Ball (co-author of 'Putting CLIL into practice) and we talked about what role a CLIL activity plays in a CLIL lesson. We also briefly talked about the 'three dimensions of CLIL' and how this translates to practical CLIL lessons.

I had a blast, enjoy!

Teachers often discuss what happens in their lessons, thinking about the practical implementation of CLIL. I completely understand that. However, I think it is also important to think about why you do what you do every now and then.

In this episode, I discuss two models that can help you think about this 'why': The Golden Circle of Simon Sinek and The Ladder of Ben Tiggelaar.

In this episode, I discuss the challenges of teachers who just start out teaching in bilingual education. Often, there is little focus on actual CLIL training and teachers have to wing it. With all of the consequences of that..

The blog post belonging to this episode can be found here: https://www.clilmedia.com/english-first-clil-second

The coaching call for teachers can be planned here: https://calendly.com/patrickdeboer/clil-sparring-session

CLIL can do a lot of things, but it cannot solve every challenge you face as a teacher. And it might even be unwise to try and do that, as you might get demotivated to implement CLIL if it doesn't work. In this episode, I talk about two things CLIL can and two things CLIL cannot solve.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Book a free coaching call: https://calendly.com/patrickdeboer/clil-sparring-session

The blog post related to this podcast: https://www.clilmedia.com/what-clil-can-and-cannot-do