Principles of CBI: Reading 1

Read the following online article and then use the Characteristics and Continuum activities to assess your comprehension (listed in the navigation column to the left).  

Met, M. (1999) Content-Based Instruction: Defining Terms, Making Decisions. The National Foreign Language Center, Washington, D.C.

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Additional Readings

The following readings will give you more information on this module topic.

Adamson, H. D. (1993). Academic competence: Theory and classroom practice: Preparing ESL students for content courses. Longman Publishing Group.

Brinton, D., Snow, M. A., & Wesche, M. B. (1989). Content-based second language instruction. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.

Chamot, A. U., & O'Malley, J. M. (1994). The CALLA handbook: Implementing the cognitive academic language learning approach. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

Genesee, F. (1994). Integrating Language and Content: Lessons from Immersion. Educational Practice Reports. No. 11. National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics. (http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/miscpubs/ncrcdsll/epr11.htm)

Met, M. (1991). Learning Language through Content: Learning Content through Language. Foreign Language Annals, 24(4), 281-295.

Short, D. J. (1991). How to integrate language and content instruction: A training manual. Washington, D. C.: Center for Applied Linguistics.

Snow, M. A., Met, M., & Genesee, F. (1989). A conceptual framework for the integration of language and content in second/foreign language instruction. TESOL Quarterly, 23 (2), 201-217.

Stryker, S. B. & B. L. Leaver (Eds.). (1997). Content-based instruction in foreign language education: Models and methods. Washington, D. C.: Georgetown University Press.