7月19日(土)
|Kobe Co-Creation Center
Learning Vocabulary in Context: Exploring Interaction in a CLIL class
This presentation powerfully underscores the critical importance of recognizing language as it arises organically, urging educators to seize spontaneous teaching moments in CLIL settings for maximum impact.
Time & Location
2025年7月19日 10:00 – 12:00 JST
Kobe Co-Creation Center , Japan, 〒650-0221 Hyogo, Kobe, Chuo Ward, Sannomiyachō, 1-chōme−9−１ センタープラザ 9F
About the Event
Event title: Learning Vocabulary in Context: Exploring Interactions in a CLIL class
Speaker: Tim Greer
Abstract: This talk will explore how vocabulary can be taught and learned naturally through real-world classroom interaction. Using video recordings from a cooking-based CLIL class for learners of English, the presentation will draw on Conversation Analysis to track how one particular phrase—“be generous”—is introduced, explained, and taken up by students across multiple moments in the lesson. Rather than being formally taught in isolation, the expression emerges as part of the instructor’s explanation of a recipe step, prompting a teaching moment based on what learners notice and ask about. The instructor uses gestures, physical materials, and learners’ own actions to help clarify the meaning. Later, the same phrase reappears in related contexts, giving students opportunities to revisit and reinforce their understanding. By focusing on how language learning happens in the flow of a meaningful task, this presentation…