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Our Monthly Question asked: How do you integrate Science in Language Teaching?
Readers answered:

I teach FLES to 1st to 3rd graders. I use the vocabulary and activities used by the L1 teachers, to guide my instruction. If they are talking about twigs and buds, I talk about ramas y brotes. I show many pictures, video clips and illustrations of the concepts on a Smartboard in order to activate the background knowledge of the students.

Chemistry plays a role when we talk about variations in recipes from one country to another because of the varying amounts of gluten. Biology when we talk about health issues, Natural Sciences when we talk about natural habitats, animals, the environment, weather and climate. Geology and geography when we talk about why people live the way they do, wear the clothes they wear, eat the foods they eat, travel the way they travel. We briefly talk about physics when we some some particular parts of architecture (Gothic cathedrals, key stones in arches).

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