Tools  for CLIL teachers

   

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The TOOLS team members in Brussels

   

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General introduction

TOOLS has developed a free online tool, which enables you to create media rich webpages for language learning. The unique feature of this free online tool is the  way it treats embedded texts, at the touch of a button all words are automatically linked to our bespoke dictionary interface Multidict, which places online dictionaries in +100 languages at the user’s disposal, thereby enabling them to interrogate the text at their own pace and according to their own personal need.

The fully online tool has been optimised for mobile devices (e.g. iPads, smartphones etc.) thereby ensuring that content can be created and enjoyed on the move. Click here to see real sample webpages in a range of languages, is your language represented here?   



The online hosting service multidict.net/clilstore works perfectly with tablets like iPads

Once you have created your webpage you can make it available immediately for free via the online service Clilstore (or other systems like dropbox.com), or save it for upload to your own website or VLE.

The resultingwebpages support all characters (UTF-8)

The project teams have demonstrated the system strengths and made language learning materials for Arabic, Danish, Gaelic (Irish), Gaelic (Scottish), Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

The online service exploits two tools developed in a previous project, pools-t

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Core Outcomes

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The online service/tool


Students: Find language videos at your level on various topics, with transcripts where every word is linked to a choice of online dictionaries in your own language

Teachers: Create, store and organise multimedia wordlinked learning units for use by students


Link (mostly) any webpage automatically word-by-word to online dictionaries in a choice of languages


Find and switch easily between online dictionaries in many languages

 

Clilstore is the name of the authoring tool and hosting service, you can access it from  www.multidict.net/

NEW additon to Clilstore functions: You can now upload files like Hot Potatoes exercises or Word documents directly into Clilstore. Read how to do it in this guide: Download How to Upload and Link to Files

A guided tour for teachers is available from within Clilstore itself supported by videos in seven languages:

  1. in English at https://clilstore.eu/cs/790
  2. in Irish at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/810,
  3. in Danish at https://clilstore.eu/cs/807
  4. In Spanish at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/891
  5. In Lithuanian at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/892
  6. In Portuguese at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/896
  7. In Scottish Gaelic at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/1185

A guided tour for students with introduction of best use of the online Clilstore units:

Learn how to use the service: through Do It Yourself Videos or Tools manuals and guide

Read about the features which are in development after the project official period and view our to-do list here

A smal Wordlink trick: If you want your students to work with e.g. cnn.com then try to add cnn.com to the following link "https://clilstore.eu/wordlink/?navsize=1&sl=en&url=", i.e. the resulting link will be:
https://clilstore.eu/wordlink/?navsize=1&sl=en&url=cnn.com

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Tools  manuals and guides

One of the core outcomes of the TOOLS project is a CLIL Guidebook showing how to exploit the online service (Clilstore) in a CLIL context. The book are available in Danish, English, Irish, Lithuanian, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Book

The guidebook titled "Clilstore Guidebook" is available in different formats; eBooks with integrated media (.epub) suitable for tablets, .azw3 versions (for Kindle readers), and .pdf versions

Download the .pdf versions in:

Download the epub (iPads etc.) version in:

Download the azw3 (Kindle) version in:

To support an introduction of best use of the online Clilstore units we have produced seven units demonstrationg the multidict interface, wordlink and Clilstore:

The partnership have developed and is piloting a training program on how to use the online system in various pedagogical contexts (CLIL, VOLL, and TBL). 

A guided tour for teachers can also be used from within Clilstore itself supported by videos in seven languages:

  1. in English at https://clilstore.eu/cs/790
  2. in Irish at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/810,
  3. in Danish at https://clilstore.eu/cs/807
  4. In Spanish at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/891
  5. In Lithuanian at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/892
  6. In Portuguese at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/896
  7. In Scottish Gaelic at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/1185

  8. In Greek at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/902
  9. In Italian at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/915
  10. In Turkish at: https://clilstore.eu/cs/987

NEW additon to Clilstore functions: You can now upload files like Hot Potatoes exercises or Word documents directly into Clilstore. Read how to do it in this guide: Download How to Upload and Link to Files

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Materials for teacher courses

Course Guides and materials

Helle Lykke Nielsen, a Tools member, delivered a presentation during Eurocall on how to the the ides of "curation" (based on Phil Hubbard) one step further to "nudging". Download her PowerPoint presentation.

Sample Plan / Agenda (used for the first three hours workshop in Gothenburg). Download the plan here.

Powerpoint presentation used during the TOOLS workshop in Evora, the presentation has a list of useful links. Download it from here.

Powerpoint presentation used during the TOOLS workshop in Gotheburg, the presentation has a list of useful links. Download it from here.

A framework for future courses following the Gothenburg workshop. Download the framework here.

We have prepared a feedback form for the teacher courses. If you are willing to assist us then please fill in the evaluation form you find here

NEW additon to Clilstore functions: You can now upload files like Hot Potatoes exercises or Word documents directly into Clilstore. Read how to do it in this guide: Download How to Upload and Link to Files

You can assist us with developing the online service by testing units with your students and the let them fill in an evaluation form, which can be mailed to ka@sde.dk. Download the Student Evaluation of Software form here

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Ready to use learning units produced using the online service

You can experience the work and test hundreds of units in many languages by visiting the authoring website: multidict.net/clilstore 

A number of new units with videos, text (words linked to +100 languages), and exercises have been added to the teaching materials:

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Tools videos

English version

The project has compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:

 

How to make language teaching units where the results are immediately online:

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Spanish version

The project has compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:

How to make language teaching units where the results are immediately online:

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Danish version

Projektet har udarbejdet to "gør det selv" videoer:

-En til sprogelever og studenrende, som viser hvordan man får det bedste udbytte af de udviklede værltøjer og units.
-En til sproglæreren som trin for trin demonstrarer hvordan man kan udvikle multimediarige sproglærings units hvor alle ord linket til online ordbøger.

Hvordan kan man bedst muligt som sprogstuderende udnytte de udviklede units/tools:

Hvordan laver man sproglæringsunits som øjeblikkeligt bliver online:

 

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Irish version

The project has compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:

How to make language teaching units where the results are immediately online:
 

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Lithuanian version

The project has compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:

How to make language teaching units where the results are immediately online:

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Portuguese version

The project has compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:

How to make language teaching units where the results are immediately online:

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Scottish Gaelic version

The project has compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:

How to make language teaching units where the results are immediately online:

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Catalan version

The pools-3 project makes use of the Tools outcomes and have compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:
 

How to produce online materials:

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Czech version

The pools-3 project makes use of the Tools outcomes and have compiled two Do It Yourself videos:

-One for language learners, which shows how to make best use of the tools and units the project has developed.
-One for language teachers showing step by step how to develop multimedia rich language learning units where all words are linked to online dictionaries.

How students can use the developed units/tools in the best possible way:
 

How to produce online materials:

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Tools brochures and dissemination documents

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Last edit: January 19, 2023

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein