A real experience in a high complexity school: modelling small group conversations through coteaching in CLIL
Publication date
2024ISSN
2938-9593
Abstract
This paper aims to explore whether learning through coteaching promotes students’ speaking improvement. It has two objectives: (a) to explain the implementation of a coteaching model in a Project-based-learning (PBL) context through a foreign language (L2) in a high complexity primary school in Barcelona, Catalonia, and (b) to analyse how teachers, through coteaching, model L2 conversations to improve students’ discussions in small groups and their decision-making. As regards the implementation, the two teachers modelled interactions in the target language and provided the necessary scaffolding using visual aids and language support charts. Then students worked in small groups using a cooperative learning strategy called “Think-Pair-Share” (TPS) strategy. Regarding the coteaching model, the analysis of the video recorded lesson showed that the co-teachers’ prior modelling of the conversation in L2 together with scaffolding and cooperative learning techniques helped to promote students’ engagement and to improve their language fluency. These findings suggest that coteaching increased their participation in speaking activities, enhancing their confidence, and enriching their vocabulary repertoire. The article ends with some reflections on coteaching, the impact of modelling and the use of cooperative strategies on the students’ active learning process and the implications for teacher professional development.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
00 - Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics
Keywords
Pages
24
Publisher
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Collection
1; 1
Is part of
CLIL Journal
Citation
Carrillo López, Cristina; Boldú Rodríguez, Susana. A real experience in a high complexity school: modelling small group conversations through coteaching in CLIL. CLIL Journal, 2024, 1(1), p. 50-73. Disponible en: <https://raco.cat/index.php/CJ/article/view/430057>. Fecha de acceso: 3 oct. 2024. DOI: 10.60940/cjv1n1id430057
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- Vol. 1 No 1 [8]
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