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What this unit is about

This unit is about using English for learning in other subjects, and how other subjects can be resources for English language learning. When you combine English language teaching and subject teaching, English is not learned in isolation.

The academic content of the school curriculum is a strong and interesting basis for language learning. It is an effective method that is best done collaboratively with other teachers in your school or in your community, cluster or block.

What you can learn in this unit

• To identify English language learning opportunities in other subjects.
• To plan a thematic unit to use in your classroom.
• To integrate subject content and English language learning in your teaching.

1 One theme, many perspectives

Every subject has its own vocabulary and way of using language. Speaking, reading and writing about social studies is different from speaking, reading and writing about science. In the first case study that you will read, teachers plan a thematic unit that will also develop English.

Case Study 1: Ms. Savitha plans a unit on the theme of water

Ms. Savitha teaches English for students in Class VIII at a regional medium school in a metropolitan city. They had been facing water shortages and the onset of summer was set to aggravate the problem.

I wanted students to look at the theme of ‘water’ from different perspectives, so I spoke to teachers of other subjects.

• In science, there was a unit on water that the teacher had already planned for that month, so she agreed to team teaching.
• The mathematics teacher said that the students needed reinforcement in volume measurement and felt she could weave that into the theme.
• The regional language teacher was a theatre enthusiast and volunteered to help the students to create a play on water conservation and rain water harvesting, which they could stage in their neighborhoods.
• The social science teacher did not see a direct relevance between the theme and the textbook he was covering, but he agreed to strengthen students’ map-reading skills. During team planning, this teacher decided that students could learn about the connection between water sources and human settlements.

Pause for thought

What English vocabulary and sentences do you think Ms Savitha listed on the theme of water? List your own ideas for some English words and phrases around the theme of water. These words could be linked to:

• poetry and creative writing
• actions (pour, wash, drink, splash)
• environmental campaigns (don’t waste water).

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