Cafe CLIL 20 - SFL and CLIL

Resources and links mentioned: Summary of previous in the 20 Cafe CLILs ⁠https://www.factworld.info/en/Cafe-CLIL⁠ Cafe CLIL 17 - Making Language Visible with Dr Ruslana Westerlund ⁠https://www.factworld.info/en/Cafe-CL... Jan Gehl ⁠https://www.pps.org/article/jgehl#:~:.... Building a language toolkit for teachers ⁠https://www.routledge.com/Building-a-... Approach/Humphrey-Westerlund-Malin/p/book/9781032773551⁠ This meeting was a discussion between Keith and Phil about Phil's CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) materials for Basque students, focusing on an analysis by Dr. Ruslana Vesterman of their English and geography resources. Phil explained that the materials were designed for 15-16 year old students studying social science in English from ages 14-16, with the geography materials written by geographers and Phil handlig the English content. The discussion centered on Phil's "Life Between Buildings" unit and a task about setting up a sustainable company, with Ruslana's SFL (Systemic Functional Linguistics) analysis highlighting the use of complex noun groups, color coding, and argumentative language structures. Phil emphasized that the language development arose naturally from the conceptual objectives rather than being planned from a linguistic perspective, and discussed how the materials scaffold language visibility through repetition and explicit teaching of language features.