Content-Based Instruction: What Every ESL Teacher Needs to Know

by Ann Snow, Donna Brinton

"CBI is a highly flexible approach that provides a powerful means of structuring the syllabus for both general purpose and EAP courses."                                                                           Marguerite Ann Snow and Donna M. BrintonIn this e-single, Snow and Brinton, editors of the Second Edition of The Content-Based New Perspectives on Integrating Language and Content (2017), explain how "content-based instruction (CBI) is a vibrant approach to curriculum design that is able to 'flex' to fit a wide variety of student populations, settings, and program goals." The ebook introduces readers to the concept of CBI through a brief history and countless examples of many ways this approach can be applied across settings and programs.Whether readers want to deepen their understanding of CBI or get ideas for their own teaching situation, this book an overview of CBI, including the three prototype models (theme-based, sheltered, adjunct)* a discussion of new sustained content language teaching, content and language-     integrated learning, English-medium instruction, adjunct models, and other hybrid models* a rationale for CBI, including support from SLA and other research* an examination of issues that arise in implementation* a research agenda for CBI* further readings.Each section includes reflection questions designed to guide readers to consider how best to implement CBI in their course and program.

52 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 27, 2019