Task Based Language Teaching

CBI is an approach to L2 where teaching is organized around _______ that students need to acquire rather than on the linguistic form

• tasks or projects

• the information or content

• school subjects

• grammatical structures

CBLT believe that people learn a second language more successfully when they use the language as a means of acquiring information rather than an end in itself.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which language is the medium of instruction in CBLT?

• Learners' mother tongue

• Teachers' first language

• Second/target language

• Science language

Advocates of CBLT believe that people learn a second language most successfully when the information they are acquiring is perceived as interesting, useful and leading to a desired goal

• TRUE

• FALSE

SIOP (sheltered instruction observation protocol) is one of CBLT methods.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What should CBLT teachers do?

• set clear learning objectives for content only

• create activities to teach language only

• scaffold the language needed for the study of the content

• measure learners' grammatical competence

CBI focuses on developing learners' L2 abilities in a meaningful context.

• TRUE

• FALSE

There is no overt role for the learners' native language in CBI.

• TRUE

• FALSE

CBI/CBLT provides learners the needs to acquire L2 while they are focusing on learning the content.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In CBLT, if students understand the academic content, language learning will take care of itself.

• TRUE

• FALSE