Text-based Instruction

What is the backbone ideology of TBI?

• students must enjoy reading all types of texts

• text is not in isolation of real-world contexts

• different types of texts are not necessary; focus on the one you like

What are the principles of TBI?

• to teach structure and grammatical features

• teach cultural and social situations of the text

• to provide guided practice as students develop skills

• to make students write all types of texts

Building context: what happens in the first phase of TBI?

• student writes, teacher supports with feedback

• students are provided background information of the text

• writings of one text compared with another in the same genre

• texts are related to other contexts

Modeling and deconstructing: what happens in the second phase of TBI?

• student writes, teacher supports with feedback

• students presented with authentic text in a social context

• writings of one text compared with another in the same genre

• texts are related to other contexts

Joint construction: what happens in the third phase of TBI?

• student writes, teacher supports with feedback

• students presented with authentic text in a social context

• writings of one text compared with another in the same genre

• texts are related to other contexts

Independent construction: what happens in the fourth phase of TBI?

• comprehension activity of text

• texts are related to other contexts

• assess students’ understanding

• students work independently

Relating to other contexts: what happens in the fifth phase of TBI?

• investigation of how text can be related to other contexts

• students are provided background information of the text

• writings of one text compared with another in the same genre

• compare type of assigned text across fields