Content-Based Instruction - My English Pages

It's important to note that the content continues through the whole course, not just a handful of lessons. A course on shopping one day, using ... ContentBasedInstructionbyMOHAMMEDRHALMIAugust31,2009February24,2013schoolsubjectcontentContentbasedinstruction(CBI)isateachingapproachthatfocusesonlearninglanguagethroughlearningaboutsomething.AlthoughCBIisnotnew,therehasbeenanincreasedinterestinitbecause ithasprovenveryeffectiveinESLandEFL programsaroundtheworld.WhatisContentbasedInstruction?Content-basedteachingdiffersfromtraditionallanguageclassesbecauselanguagecomessecondtothecontent.Inotherwords,theteacherrunsacourseoncurrentaffairs,orAmericanhistory,orfictionwriting,throughwhichstudentsalsolearnEnglish.It’simportanttonotethatEnglishendsupassubordinatetothematerial,althoughtheteachermustrecognizeandbepreparedtohelpstudentswithlanguageskills.Typesofcontentbasedinstruction:TheShelteredModel:ItisusedatuniversitywherethegoalofteachersistoenabletheirESLstudentstostudythesamecontentmaterialasregularEnglishL1students.ShelteredCBIiscalled“sheltered”becauselearnersaregivenspecialassistancetohelpthemunderstandregularclasses.TheAdjunctModel:UndertakenbyESLteachers. TheaimofAdjunctclassesistopreparestudentsfor“mainstream”classeswheretheywilljoinEnglishL1learners.TheThemeBasedModel:TheseclassescanbetaughtbyEFLteacherswhocreatecontentmaterialbasedontheneedsandinterestsofthestudents.OthertypesofteachingmayfallwithintherealmofCBI.EnglishforSpecificPurposesandTaskbasedinstructionarebothexamplesofCBI.Contentbasedlesson:Becauseofthenatureofthecontent,allfourskillsgetintegrated.It’simportanttonotethatthecontentcontinuesthroughthewholecourse,notjustahandfuloflessons.Acourseonshoppingoneday,usingthebankonanotherday,andmakinghotelreservationsinEnglishatadifferentclasssessionisanexampleofaCBIclass.Anexampleof CBIlessoncanbeapproachedfollowingthesesteps:PreparationAsubjectofinterestischosen.Findingsuitablesourcesthatdealwithdifferentaspectsofthesubject.Thesecouldbewebsites,referencebooks,audioorvideooflecturesorevenrealpeople.ThelessonUsingsmallgroupsAssigningeachgroupasmallresearchtaskandasourceofinformationinthetargetlanguagetousetohelpthemfulfilthetask.groupssharingandcomparinginformation.Aresultintheformofanendproductsuchasareportorpresentationofsomekind.AdvantagesLanguagelearningbecomesmoreinterestingandmotivating.CBIofferawideeducationalknowledgetolearnersintheformofthedifferenttopicsinstructed.Ithelpsstudentsdevelopvaluablestudyskillssuchasnotetaking,summarizingandextractingkeyinformationfromtexts.Developingcollaborativeskills,especiallywhenusinggroupwork,whichcanhavegreatsocialvalue.DisadvantagesCBIimplicitlanguageinstructioncanconfuselearnersandmaygivethemtheimpressionthattheyarenotactuallylearninglanguage.Overuseofnativelanguagecanbeaprobleminsomepartsofthelesson.Findinginformationsourcesandtextsthatlowerlevelscanunderstandcanbedifficult.Inanutshell,althoughCBIisachallengingapproachforbothteachersandstudents,theoutcomeofitsimplementationcanberewardingandmotivating.Source:Wikipedia–CBIRelatedTags:methodspreviousSituationalLanguageTeaching(OralApproach)nextBingoWithOppositesreportthisadreportthisadreportthisadx