COMPETENCY- BASEDLANGUAGE TEACHING

(CBLT)by

SURYANI

DEFINITION

Focus on what learners are expected to do with the language. This approach emerged in the United States in the 1970s and can be described as “defining educational goals in terms of precise measurable descriptions of the knowledge, skills, and behaviors students should possess at the end of a course of study

Why we choose CBLT Teaching Method

CBLT as the Theory of Language and Learning. Competency-Based Language Teaching (CBLT) Syllabus Design. Learning Activities suggested by CBLT. Eight Key Features of CBLT. Role of Teacher In CBLT. Role of Learner In CBLT. Materials suggested by CBLT. Teaching Procedures in CBLT. Reasons of using Competency-Based Language Teaching (CBLT

Theory of Language and Learning

O Functional and interactional perspective on the nature of language

O Language is seen as “a medium of interaction and communication between people”

O Applies to situations in which the learner has to fulfill a particular role with language skills which can bepredicted or determined for the relevant context

O Shares the behaviorist view of learning that “certain life encounters call for certain kinds of language”

Syllabus Design

O The focus of CBLT syllabus is on how the students can use the language instead of their knowledge about the language.

O The teacher provides a list of competencies which the course is going to deal with, and these are “typically required of students in life role situations

O CBLT is an outcome-based approach also influences the syllabus, especially the kind of assessment which is used

O The competencies tested “consist of a description of the essential skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors required for effective performance of a real-world task or activity”

Learning Activities

1. Systematically designed activities

2. Real-world task: Activity linked to the field of work and to social survival

3. Work Schedule : Job application and Job interview

Key Features

Language functioning in societyb.

Concrete tasks of Life skills (language forms/skills)

Performance-centered orientation

Modularized instruction

Outcomes;“Outcomes are public knowledge, known and agreed upon by bothlearner and teacher”

Continuous and ongoing assessment.

Demonstrated mastery of performance

Individualized, student-centered instruction.

Role of Teacher

To provide positive and constructive feedbackTo be aware of the learners’ needsTo make everybody feels welcome in classTo give clear orders and explanationsTo make sure that every student understands the taskNot to push the students because the instructions are not

time-basedTo select learning activitiesTo design a syllabus according to the competency the

students are going to acquire.

Role of Learner

To be active in the classroom

To perform the skills taught

To know the use of the competencies Appropriately &

Purposely

To stay in the actual program until they improve

To be moved into a more proficient group of students.

To be able to adapt and transfer knowledge from one

setting to another.

MATERIALS

TEACHING PROCEDURE

At the beginning of a course in a competency-based framework the students have to go through an initial assessment, in which the teacher determines the current proficiency level of the individual student.

After this the students are grouped on the basis of “their current English proficiency level, their learning pace, their needs, and their social goals for learning English”

Furthermore, a course based on CBLT is divided into three stages, which the students have to go through in order to successfully finish the course

At Stages 1 and 2 the learners deal with twelve competencies which are related to general language. At Stage 3 the students are grouped on the basis of their learning goals and “competencies are defined according to the three syllabus strands of Further Study, Vocational English, and Community Access”.

REASONS OF USING CBLT

Because CBLT provides lists of competencies for every specific situation

Because CBLT covers many areas or certain competencies needed

Because CBLT describe an activity in terms of a set of different competencies

Because CBLT focuses on the outcomesBecause CBLT can give the continuous feedback.Because CBLT guides the teacher and student to

the quality of assessment.

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Because CBLT can point out that “the business of improving learning competencies and skills will remain one of the world’s fastest growing industries and priorities” in the futureBecause In CBLT language learning always connected to the social contextBecause in CBLT Language is seen as a medium of interaction and communication between people.Because CBLT can fulfill particular roles with language skillsBecause Competency-Based Language Teaching (CBLT) shares the behaviorist view of learning that “certain life encounters call for certain kinds of languageBecause CBLT is gaining popularity in the whole world