“The Whats,Whys, Hows and Whos of Content-Based Instruction in Second/Foreign Language Education”
By Maria Duenas
Content Based Instruction(CBI) promotes the use of subject matter for second language teaching purposes. The CBI approach suggest the integration of the target language and meaningful content in the classroom. In this specific approach, teachers use more content topics rather than grammar rules.
According to Brinton (1989) CBI is “ the integration of at particular content with language teaching aims the concurrent teaching of subject matter and second language skills.”
CBI is a more flexible operational framework with four characteristics:
1. Subject matter core- the curriculum should be based from the subject matter
2. Use of authentic texts- the materials should be produced for native speakers of the language
3. Learning of new information- students use the new language to learn new information based on their knowledge of their culture
4. Appropriate to the specific needs of students- the learning abilities are based on the cognitive and affective needs of the students
The article explained four methods of how use this approach.
1. Immersion education
2. Sheltered courses
3. Adjunct courses
4. Theme based models( the most popular)
Some of the pioneering works for this approach are: Mohan (1986), Cantoni-Harvey (1987), Crandall (1987) and others.
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