PROLANT-CAP: WORK IN PROGRESS HANDBOOKS AND LESSON PLANS

The third and fourth outputs of the Prolant-Cap project are the development and delivery of lesson plans for the two training programmes relating to the Automotive sector and the Tourism Industry.

More specifically, these training programmes will consist of the course syllabus and a teacher´s handbook with 150 individual lesson plans, organised into sections. Each lesson plan will follow a defined structure to ensure that the design is consistent with CLIL methodology. There will be a warm-up time and then various activities focusing on both content and communication also well as culture and cognitive skills—the four pillars of CLIL.

The reason for choosing CLIL as a methodology is to create an authentic and practical training course that is able to respond to the needs of the marketplace and at the same time to develop and
enhance trainers‘ skill sets. The structure of the lesson plans has been developed jointly between the French and Italian teams who are the lead partners for Tourism and Automotive respectively.

The two partners have been supported by the professionalism and experience of the English partner, ―Anglolang, who currently provideteacher training in various aspects, especially in the CLIL methodology.

The 150 lesson plans have been structured into five overall themes and then sub-divided into 10 topics within each. Each topic will be designed and developed for three different language levels
(A1+, B1+ and C1+ relating to CEF levels). These plans are being developed over a 6 month period until early 2017 by experienced trainers in all the 6 partner teams. A number of these lessons were piloted at the teacher training sessions held in Malta from 21—26 November.

The Prolant-Cap training programmes with associated teacher‘s handbook and lessons will be the result of a rigorous and productive cooperation amongst the partners.

Project co-ordinators

Vicki Plant, French partner

Federica Orlando, Italian partner