TEACHING FUNCTIONS THROUGH CBI/CLIL
Prof, Elizabeth Vides Orozco
DESCRIPTION LEVEL
AGE OF STUDENTS GRADE: NUMBER OF STUDENTS TIME: TARGET OBJECTIVE:
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: LANGUAGE OBJECTIVE: RELATED AREAS 2
Intermediate (B1 a) 15-16 11th 25
6 hours Express agreement and disagreement. Raise awareness about the implications of cloning. Use Expression of agreement /disagreement ppropriately. Science, Social Studies, 3 Ethics, Language
HUMAN GENOME •What’s this? •What do you know about the human genome? •If you were a scientist and knew about the human genome, how would you use this knowledge? •What do you know about cloning?
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READING TO GET KNOWLEDGE
What is human cloning? How would human cloning work? What is the connection between Hittler and cloning? 5
Pair Work Whole Class Checking Concepts 6
Questions Arising Ethical Issues
What did you read about Hitler’s experiments on cloning or manipulating the human genome? How far did he go? 7
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Discussion
Do you agree or disagree with Hilter’s intention of cloning?. Use the following expressions
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Do you agree or disagree with Hittler’s intention of cloning? A
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I agree with you 100 percent. I couldn't agree with you more. That's so true. That's for sure. (slang) Tell me about it! You're absolutely right. Absolutely. That's exactly how I feel. Exactly. I'm afraid I agree with James. I have to side with Dad on this one. No doubt about it. (agree with negative statement) Me neither. (weak) I suppose so./I guess so. You have a point there. I was just going to say that.
I don't think so. (strong) No way. I'm afraid I disagree. (strong) I totally disagree. I beg to differ. (strong) I'd say the exact opposite. Not necessarily. That's not always true. That's not always the case. No, I'm not so sure about that.
Reflecting About Cloning Do you agree or disagree with cloning? Why? Why not? Do you think the implications of cloning in society are beneficial or harmful? Why? Why not? Do you think experimenting on animal and human cells lead to benefits or harm? Why? Why not? Do you agree that this procedure could be the key to to cure/heal terminal diseases, for example: cancer or Alzeihmer? Would you take it if you were having such diseases? Do you agree with the use of this procedure to preserve endangered species?How beneficial would this procedure be to preserve 23
Different Groups
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Reflecting About Cloning
Self Evaluation Feedback
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ASSESSMENT
Read the following article and express your opinion about it (agreement or disagreement).
Doctor attempts to clone people By Coco Ballantyne | Apr 22, 2009 07:00 PM | 11
Critical Thinking Answer: is it ethical to go ahead and clone humans? Why? Why not? Individual – pair work. 23
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Anticipated Problems Problem •Students may have forgotten the vocabulary to describe the human genome. Possible Solution •Teacher will ellicit the vocabulary from strong students or he/she will provide it. Problem •Students may have forgotten the initial expressions taught to agree and disagree Possible Solution •Teacher will leave the list of expressions on the board
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