Content Based Learning
Content Based Learning is a study of both language acquisition and subject
matter. Instead of teaching
language in isolation, the target language becomes the medium in which
important information can be learned. When the students
are studying a content area of interest (i.e. snakes, the Holocaust,
immigration, etc), they are more intrinsically motivated to learn both the
content and the language simultaneously. The students are actually
able to use their new language. Content Based
Learning is most appropriate at intermediate and advanced proficiency levels.
Many models for Content Based Learning exist. In some schools, two teachers team-teach the content
and language. In other schools, the
content teacher and the language teacher link their classes and curriculum to
compliment each other. The most challenging situation is where one teacher is
responsible for both content and language, i.e. a Biology teacher whose class contains
all ESOL students. The teacher must be an
expert in both fields.
Some
examples of content based curricula:
- Immersion program
- Sheltered English
programs
- Writing across the
curriculum (where writing skills in secondary schools and universities are
taught within subject-matter areas like biology, history, art, etc.)
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