Thursday, September 22, 2011

Content Based Instruction

One aspect of the Content Based Instuction i would like to touch on is project work. Project work with groups can be very beneficial for a second language classroom. Not only does it help students learn the language but it also can lead towards a better social understading of the the language depending on the type of project. Group projects also promote communicative interaction between group memebers in the target language along with a presentation can help develop verbal skill. If students are able to pick a topic they are interested in they are more likely to get something out of it and have and investment in the learning. It also creates an atmospherre where students are teaching their peers which on a personal level I sometimes felt it was easier to understand at times. The problem with group project work in a second language (or any classroom) there needs to be callaborative effort instead of one or two people doing all the work and the others sitting on the sideline

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