CONTENT BASED APPROACH

TO IMPROVE YOUR

SKILLS BY DOING

THEM

JUST STUDYING AND

PERFORMING

EXERCISES

THE BEST WAY TO LEARN

PHILOSOPHY

STUDENTS BECOME

INDEPENDENT

LEARNERS

HOLISTIC AND

GLOBAL

LIBERATING FOR

TEACHERS AND

STUDENTS

METHODS

LANGUAG

E FOR

SPECIAL

PURPOSES

DISCIPLINE-

BASED

INSTRUCTIO

N

FLAC

CONTENT BASED

APPROACH

PHILOSOPHICAL ORIENTATION

SYLLABUS DESIGN

METHODOLOGICAL SYSTEM

IT IS BASED ON A SUBJECT

MATTER CORE

USES AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE

AND TEXTS

APPROPRIATE TO THE STUDENT

NEEDS

THREE IMPORTANT

FACTORS

MOTIVATIONINTRISIC

MOTIVATIONSTUDENT INTEREST

BENEFIT

S

LEARNERS ARE

EXPOSED TO A

CONSIDERABLE

AMOUNT OF

LANGUAGE

STUDENTS CAN

DEVELOP

COLLABORATIV

E SKILLS

LANGUAGE IS NOT

LEARNED THROUGH

DIRECT INSTRUCTION

STUDENTS MAKE GREATER

CONNECTIONS

STUDENTS ARE

MORE

INDEPENDENT AND

CONFIDENT

DISADVANTAGES

NOT IMPROVING

THEIR LANGUAGE

SKILLS

IT CAN BE DIFFICULT

THAT LOWER LEVELS

CAN UNDERSTAND

THE INFORMATION

CHARACTERISTICS

TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

It is a subconscious

process

This is similar to the way they

acquire their first language.

LANGUAGE LEARNING

It is a conscious knowledge of

the new language

It is not communicative

PROCESS IN CONTENTBASED APPROACH.

WHAT ASPECTS SHOULD CBL PROCESS ACOMPLISH?

INTEGRATE

D SKILLS

TASK-

BASED

LEARNING

VISUAL

SUPPORT

STRATEGY

TRAINNIN

G

CULMINATIN

G SYNTHESIS

ACTIVITIES

CONTEXTUALIZE

D GRAMMAR

INSTRUCCION

MODELS:

Team-based language instruction.

Grammar content instruction.

TEACHER´S ROLE

Be able to draw out that

knowledge from the students.

Help students coping strategies

Vary the format of classroom instruction

Develop and maintain high

levels of student PARTICIPATION.

Constantpreparation

LEARNERROLES:

Become autonomus

Active interpreters of input

Willing to tolerate uncertainly

Support each other

Willing to explore alternative learning strategies and sources of content

MATERIALS:

Materials facilitates compressibility in CBL.

BIBLIOGRAPHY• Content-Based Instruction In Foreign Language

Education : Models and Methods ( Stephen B . Stryker

, Betty Lou Leaver )