If you were not limited by the demands of the national/regional curriculum, what would you say is the most important thing you would teach your students about your subject (in a CLIL context)? How would you assess their learning?

The Valencian curriculum is our reference to teach in this Community. In this document, we can find the curricular elements for Primary Education classified by courses, so we have to work following this. Probably, many teachers think that this selection is not good and they would work other aspects of the subjects in their CLIL units.

Firstly, we would add contents related to the units of measurement used in other countries. Our curriculum says that students must measure using the meter (including multiples and submultiples). It would be interesting to use units like feet, miles and inches. They are used in the United States and the United Kingdom, the main countries where students travel to learn English. For this reason, we think it is essential to teach this type of units of measurement in CLIL units. If we were the minister of Education, we would include these units. In addition, it is useful because it would bring us closer to the culture of those countries.

Secondly, this official document talks about the road safety in Spain. The previous foreign countries have got different rules and when we travel, we must abide by them. The ignorance of these contents can create serious problems, for this reason, our government should expand the curriculum.

Thirdly, it is very important to assess these contents, so we should establish assessment criteria and indicators of achievement. Furthermore, we will use evaluation techniques and instruments like observation (anecdotal records, class diary or attitude scales) or performance analysis (portfolio, rubrics or checklists). We should pay attention to this part of the teaching process because we can make the appropriate changes.

Finally, these new contents and ways to evaluate would be ideal for students to travel around the world. What is more, the CLIL units would create a global culture and they would increase their autonomy.