The Integration of Biology Content Lessons in the English Curriculum through

5. OBJECTIVES
5.1. TEACHING OBJECTIVES
To report students’ language learning through biology concepts.
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To foster cooperative working between Content and Language teachers of the 
public institution. 
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To contribute with materials for the institution to be implemented in future 
lessons on the same field. 
5.2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
To analyze the content knowledge learned on the biology class, to develop CLIL 
classes in order to increase the students’ English language proficiency. 
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To classify different types of vocabulary according to the topics
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To integrate vocabulary learned during the CLIL lessons related to Biology, with 
the previous knowledge on the same field.
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To apply communicative strategies to show understanding of the lessons
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To design and describe mind maps in order to summarize the understanding of 
the topics implemented.

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6. Methodology
6.1. Context
This project has been conducted at a state school called “Institucion Educativa
San Joaquin”, which is located in the city of Pereira, Colombia. The institution belongs 
to a low-middle socioeconomic level, which has different facilities such as: 13 rooms, 1 
computer laboratory, 1 library; 1 physics, and 1 chemistry laboratory. The school’s 
pedagogical model has its bases on Vygotsky’s constructivism theory that promotes the 
integral growth of the student, taking into consideration the mental and physical 
development of the individual, who at the same time is part of a society. In the same 
line, the vision of this institution is to allow all the students access promoting 
acknowledgement to those students with special talents. Additionally, this institution has 
the goal of being recognized as one of the best public institutions of the city in the year 
2019. On the other hand, the mission of the school is to offer all the educational levels 
emphasizing specifically in natural sciences and mathematics, promoting the 
development of ethical, social and cultural values.
Moreover, the school has a total number of 14 teachers. From these teachers, 
five of them are primary teachers and the other 9 are secondary teachers. On the other 
hand, the number of students varies from 30 to 40 students per classroom. There are 
few technological and pedagogical resources such as video projectors, audiovisual 
database, internet connection and updated computers. The school additionally, is a K-
11 institution divided in primary and secondary levels. 

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The English curriculum is based on the development of students’ communicative 
skills. This focus is aligned with the institutional model based on Vygotsky where 
interaction and collaborative working are highlighted. This English subject is taught from 
1
st
to 11
th
grades, with an average of 3 hours per week. In primary level, the English 
subject does not have any specialized language teacher. Thus, it is guided for teachers 
from different areas. On the other hand, secondary levels receive English instruction by 
two teachers graduated from 
Licenciatura en Lengua Inglesa
program in the 
Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira
.