2. 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
3. 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
4. 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 be predicted or determined for the
relevant context
O Shares the behaviorist view of learning that
“certain life encounters call for certain kinds
of language”
5. 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”
6. 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
7. 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 both learner and teacher”
Continuous and ongoing assessment.
Demonstrated mastery of performance
Individualized, student-centered instruction.
8. Role of
Teacher
To provide positive and constructive feedback
To be aware of the learners’ needs
To make everybody feels welcome in class
To give clear orders and explanations
To make sure that every student understands the
task
Not to push the students because the instructions
are not time-based
To select learning activities
To design a syllabus according to the competency
the students are going to acquire.
9. 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.
11. 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”.
12. 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 outcomes
Because CBLT can give the continuous
feedback.
Because CBLT guides the teacher and
student to the quality of assessment.
13. .
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 future
Because In CBLT language learning always connected
to the social context
Because in CBLT Language is seen as a medium of
interaction and communication between people.
Because CBLT can fulfill particular roles with language
skills
Because Competency-Based Language Teaching (CBLT)
shares the behaviorist view of learning that “certain life
encounters call for certain kinds of language
Because CBLT is gaining popularity in the whole world
