Content Based Syllabus

Content Based is an approach to learn target language where teaching is organized around _______ that students need to acquire rather than on the linguistic form

• tasks or projects

• school subjects

• the information or content

• grammatical structure

CB 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

• Second/target language

• Teachers' first language

• Science language

Advocates of CB 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

What should CB teachers do?

• set clear learning objectives for content only

• scaffold the language needed for the study of the content

• create activities to teach language only

• measure learners' grammatical competence

CB 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

CB provides learners the needs to acquire L2 while they are focusing on learning the content.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

CB is effective mainly because it allows students to spend more time using their L2.

• TRUE

• FALSE