Content-based instruction

Content-based instruction

1. Is a teaching organized around the content or information that students will acquire

   • Learner's role
     • Become autonomus
     • Support each other
     • Active interpreters of input
     • Tolerate uncertainty
     • Explore alternative learning strategies and source of contents
     • Learn by doing attitude
   • Teacher's role
     • A good language teacher
     • Knowledgeable in the subject matter
     • Be able to draw out that knowledge from students
   • Role of materials
     • Facilities subject matter of the content course
       • Comprehensibility and authenticity
         • Instructional media enriches the content
   • Types of classes
     • Shaltered content instruction
     • Adjunct language instruction
     • Team teach approach

2. Content refers to the substance or subject that we learn or communicate

3. Is built on the principles of Communicative Language Teaching

4. Classroom needs to be filled with real and meaningful communication

5. Approach

   • Use the language as a mean of acquiring information
     • It better reflect learners needs for learning a second language

6. Theory of learning

   • Learners learn best when they are given language in a meaningful and contextualized way
     • Some content areas are more useful than others
       • Build on the previous experiences of the learners

7. Language is used for a specific purpose

8. Objectives

   • The language is second to learning the content

9. Syllabus

   • Comes from the content

10. Types of learning and teaching activities

    • Language skills improvement
    • Vocabulary building
    • Discourse organization
    • Communicative interaction
    • Study skills
    • Synthesis of content materials and grammar