6 Content-Based Language Teaching Roy Lyster Background Content-based language teaching (CBLT) is an instructional approach in which nonlinguistic curricular content such as geography or science is taught to students through the medium of a language that...
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6 Content-Based Language Teaching Roy Lyster Background Content-based language teaching (CBLT) is an instructional approach in which nonlinguistic curricular content such as geography or science is taught to students through the medium of a language that they are learning as an additional language. CBLT comes in many dif- ferent shapes and sizes, and in fact is called by other names and acronyms, including con- tent-based instruction (CBI) and content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Whether called CBLT, CBI, or CLIL, a range of instructional initiatives can be identified along a continuum with language-driven programs at one end and content-driven programs at the other end (see Figure 6.1). At the language-driven end of the spectrum are foreign language classes that promote target language development by incorporating a focus on theme-based content but with- out high-stakes assessment of students’ content knowledge. The goal of such classes is to “help learners develop their L
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