15 - BRAINSTORMING

CLIL =  TTT ↓  STT ↑

BRAINSTORMING is a warm-up activity.
This type of activity:
- breaks the ice
- catches / grasps  SS  attention
- motivates SS to talk


Some more information about how brainstorming can help SS writing skills as well:

https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-brainstorming-1692847?utm_campaign=grammartip&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cn_nl&utm_content=9471927&utm_term=

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