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Is a teaching approach where learners study language through meaningful content. It motivates students to learn because the subject matter is interesting, and allows them to apply their learned language skills in a different context instead of rotely memorizing vocabulary.

What does a content-based approach lesson look like?

Preparation

Choose a subject of interest to students.

Find three or four suitable sources that deal with different aspects of the subject. These could be websites, reference books, audio or video of lectures or even real people.

During the lesson

Divide the class into small groups and assign each group a small research task and a source of information to use to help them fulfil the task.

Then once they have done their research they form new groups with students that used other information sources and share and compare their information.

There should then be some product as the end result of this sharing of information which could take the form of a group report or presentation of some kind.

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Teachers in content-based programs may be content specialists who use the target language for instruction, or language specialists who are using content for language instruction. To be effective in their roles, they will need the knowledge, and concepts required for content delivery in a second/foreign language.

The rol of the students of CBA
Students play a more active role in the CBI classroom, creating and participating actively in the construction of knowledge.

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1. Health and fitness
Some students may be motivated to learn about the human body. Lessons could include the different organ systems and muscle groups. A teacher could create activities in which students learn how to take care of their bodies. Then the class could play a sport, practice yoga, or lift weights together.

2. Animals
Younger students may be more engaged in a theme about animals. A teacher may create lessons in which students can learn about different animals, their habitats, and how they live and interact. The class can discuss these topics before taking a trip to the zoo.

3. Food
Students learn about different foods, nutrition, and cooking. A teacher may discuss the different food groups, foods from different countries, how food is grown, or how to prepare a special dish. As an activity, the class may prepare a dish or an entire meal together.

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Different ways that this is implemented in the classroom:

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Different ways that this is implemented in the classroom:

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Theme-based model:
Students learn content from an overlying theme or set of topics. Teachers create language activities for students based on the content theme.

Immersion Model:
Students attend school where the language of instruction is their second language.

Adjunct Model:
Students enroll into two linked courses (one content course and one language course). Both courses complement each other with coordinating assignments.

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What are the advantages of content-based approach?

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What are the advantages of content-based approach?

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•It can make learning a language more interesting and motivating. Students can use the language to fulfil a real purpose, which can make students both more independent and confident.

•Students can also develop a much wider knowledge of the world through CBA which can feed back into improving and supporting their general educational needs.

•Content based approach is very popular among EAP (English for Academic Purposes) teachers as it helps students to develop valuable study skills such as note taking, summarising and extracting key information from texts.

•Taking information from different sources, re-evaluating and restructuring that information can help students to develop very valuable thinking skills that can then be transferred to other subjects.

•The inclusion of a group work element within the framework given above can also help students to develop their collaborative skills, which can have great social value.