Transcript Content-based syllabuses

Content-based syllabuses
group members
胡婷 李娟
谷亚兰 夏芳莲
what is a content-based syllabus?
• 1 integrate particular content within
teaching a second or foreign language
• 2 view the target language as the vehicle
rather than the immediate object of study
theoretical perspective
• 1 reflection of the nature of language
• 2 an extension of the communication
syllabus
• 3 grammar
communication
content
Content-based Syllabus
(Advanced Class Italian in Action - 6 to 10 years old children
Total n. of classes: 24 + 4 field trips)
2 periods on the Human Body
(Body parts vocabulary
Related games and activities)
3 periods on Italian History
(The Life of a Child During the
Roman Empire)
merits
Better
learning
• 1 authentic, meaningful, and challenging
material
(reading/writing)
• 2 students’ enhanced motivation
• 3 more self-paced autonomous learning
(learner-centered)
doubts
language
content
doubts
•
appropriate to
the grade level
What qualifies as “content” of the students
1 material related to the target language or
target culture
2 not academic, any topic, theme, or
interesting issue
3 academic subjects such as chemistry
(discourse difficulty)
reflections
One syllabus for all teaching settings
integration
references
Brown, J . 2001. The elements of language curriculum: a systematic
approach to program development. Beijing: Foreign language
teaching and research press.
Nunan, D. 1991. Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Richards, J. 1984. Language curriculum development. RELC Journal 15/1
Rodgers, D. 2006. Developing content and form: encouraging evidence
from Italian content-based instruction. The Modern Language Journal.
90, iii, 373-386.