Content-based language teaching(CBLT)has come to be known as an effective and motivating way to develop higher levels of communicative ability than more traditional grammar-based approaches.Whereas traditional methods...Content-based language teaching(CBLT)has come to be known as an effective and motivating way to develop higher levels of communicative ability than more traditional grammar-based approaches.Whereas traditional methods isolate the target language from any substantive content except for the mechanical workings of the language itself,CBLT enriches classroom discourse in a way that provides both a cognitive basis for language learning and a motivational basis for purposeful communication.CBLT,how ever,does not preclude language instruction but instead promotes its integration through a counterbalanced approach that entails a dynamic interplay betw een language and content.Drawing on classroom-based research,this paper illustrates the feasibility and effectiveness of a counterbalanced approach to CBLT whose flexibility has the potential to accommodate a range of instructional settings.展开更多
This paper investigates the views of immersion teachers in Hong Kong and Xi’an towards the immersion curriculum they are teaching.Teachers are important stakeholders in any curriculum implementation and their views a...This paper investigates the views of immersion teachers in Hong Kong and Xi’an towards the immersion curriculum they are teaching.Teachers are important stakeholders in any curriculum implementation and their views are significant in both evaluating progress and determining future directions.The teachers’views were gathered from questionnaires and interviews.Topics include their understanding of the objectives of immersion education,their preparedness for their roles as immersion teachers,the main challenges in immersion teaching they identify and the support they receive from their schools.The responses are discussed to identify areas of concern which may be future priorities for professional development.展开更多
文摘Content-based language teaching(CBLT)has come to be known as an effective and motivating way to develop higher levels of communicative ability than more traditional grammar-based approaches.Whereas traditional methods isolate the target language from any substantive content except for the mechanical workings of the language itself,CBLT enriches classroom discourse in a way that provides both a cognitive basis for language learning and a motivational basis for purposeful communication.CBLT,how ever,does not preclude language instruction but instead promotes its integration through a counterbalanced approach that entails a dynamic interplay betw een language and content.Drawing on classroom-based research,this paper illustrates the feasibility and effectiveness of a counterbalanced approach to CBLT whose flexibility has the potential to accommodate a range of instructional settings.
文摘This paper investigates the views of immersion teachers in Hong Kong and Xi’an towards the immersion curriculum they are teaching.Teachers are important stakeholders in any curriculum implementation and their views are significant in both evaluating progress and determining future directions.The teachers’views were gathered from questionnaires and interviews.Topics include their understanding of the objectives of immersion education,their preparedness for their roles as immersion teachers,the main challenges in immersion teaching they identify and the support they receive from their schools.The responses are discussed to identify areas of concern which may be future priorities for professional development.
