Learning foreign languages through subjects 

This school year the Institut Manuel de Cabanyes has started its participation in a pedagogical innovation program called Plurilingual Generation (GEP) whose purpose is to improve students’ foreign language skills. The actions of the three-school-year-duration program are guided, on the one hand, at increasing students’ exposure time to curricular foreign languages ​​and, on the other hand, at accompanying schools in the process of deploying and consolidating its own multilingual language project.

Born in 2013 as an experimental program, GEP is addressed to schools teaching primary or secondary education, baccalaureate or initial vocational training and owned by the Department of Education, municipally owned and privately owned in concert. During three-years-time teachers from the participating centers with sufficient accreditation of foreign language knowledge receive training on integrated learning of content and foreign language (CLIL) in English. The management teams, in turn, receive guidance for the implementation of the program in the center, the design of an action plan and the preparation of a final report.

The training

The training associated with the GEP program is aimed, in the first instance, at teachers of non-linguistic subjects who accredit a minimum level B2 (MECR) of a foreign language. However, a foreign language teacher can also participate in the training, although not exclusively.

Objectives and structure of GEP training:

  1. First year training. The aim of the first-year training of teachers of English GEP centers is to initiate teachers of non-linguistic subjects in the integrated learning of foreign language and contents (CLIL), in order to enable them to teach contents of the subject in English. The training consists of a 45-hour part-time course.
  2. Second year training. The aim of the 2nd year GEP training is to deepen the CLIL approach in order to train teachers to develop and implement competence projects in English in non-linguistic subjects and areas, integrating ICT. The training will consist of a 45-hour part-time course.

 

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For further information please visit: http://xtec.gencat.cat/ca/projectes/plurilinguisme/programes/institucionals/gep/

1st GEP1 Online Congress

Redacció27/05/22  

Last Tuesday 24th May, GEP1 Congress took place virtually. As in a great social event we were expected to meet some etiquette standards so we had to wear a badge and bowtie for the occasion. After a very brief greeting with all GEP1 participants from Catalonia we moved to the second part of the session, in which we shared our strenghts as a workteam with the rest of high schools from Barcelona area. It has been a pushy program in a very busy school year but must say we are so proud of the work done and looking forward what is coming next. Hello geppers!… Llegeix més»

Biology, Economy and Maths… in English!

Redacció31/03/22  

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We restart the GEP meetings

Redacció18/01/22  

This morning, at 9am, as usual, we have restarted the meetings for the Plurilingual Generation Programme talking about reading and writing. In this sixth module we have learned strategies to use before, during and after-reading and we have put in practise two techniques for writing: the storyboard and mindmap. We are working hard and learning loads and hoping our pupils to take the most of the next CLIL sessions. We keep you posted!… Llegeix més»

Introduction to gamification

Redacció30/11/21  

In the 1st year of ESO, they work on their physical condition and healthy habits through gamification. This is an innovative and motivating learning strategy which is used as a tool to capture students’ attention and invite them to learn from a playful perspective. Using a board similar to the “Game of the Goose” students should work cooperatively in groups of four. Whenever they fall into a box they have to answer questions related to health (diet, posture habits, rest, hydration, decalogue of healthy habits) and active lifestyle (physical activity, rest, sport, fair play, safety) and then perform the corresponding strength and endurance exercise. Good job, first!… Llegeix més»