Content-Based Second Language Instruction: Michigan Classics Edition

by Donna M. Brinton, Marjorie Wesche, Ann Maguerite Snow

Overview

In the Michigan Classics Edition of Content-Based Second Language Instruction, the authors provide updates on the field of CBI in second language acquisition since 1989.
While the core of the book remains the same, new features discuss important CBI-related research and modifications to the pedagogy in the past many years.
Content-Based Second Language Instruction, Michigan Classics Edition, now includes:
a new preface a glossary of key terms an updated bibliography an epilogue highlighting the major developments in the field since 1989.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472089178
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	11/19/2003
Edition description:	MICHIGAN C
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1	Putting Content-Based Second Language Instruction in Context	1
	Definition and Overview	1
	A Rationale for Content-Based Language Teaching	3
	Language Learning through Language Use: Some Historical Antecedents	4
	The 1960s-1980s: The Roots of Content-Based Language Teaching	5
	Conclusions	9
	Questions to Consider	10
	Suggestions for Further Reading	11
Chapter 2	Three Content-Based Teaching Models at the University Level	14
	Theme-Based Language Instruction	14
	Sheltered Content Instruction	15
	Adjunct Language Instruction	16
	A Comparison of Features	17
	Implications	20
	Conclusions	22
	Questions to Consider	23
	Suggestions for Further Reading	24
Chapter 3	Theme-Based Instruction in the ESL and EFL Contexts	26
	Theme-Based Models in the ESL Context	28
	The American Language Center Evening Series Courses	30
	The Intensive Language Course at the Free University of Berlin	32
	Conclusions	37
	Questions to Consider	40
	Suggestions for Further Reading	42
Chapter 4	The University of Ottawa: Sheltered Instruction	45
	Program Description	46
	Student Population	47
	Coordination and Staffing	48
	Logistics	49
	Methodology	50
	Text Selection and Adaptation	52
	The Role of the Language Teacher	52
	Program Evaluation	53
	Questions to Consider	55
	Suggestions for Further Reading	55
Chapter 5	The UCLA Freshman Summer Program: Adjunct Language Instruction	57
	Program Description	57
	Student Population	59
	Coordination and Staffing	59
	Logistics	60
	Methodology	60
	Text Selection and Adaptation	61
	The Role of the ESL Instructors	64
	Program Evaluation	65
	Questions to Consider	67
	Suggestions for Further Reading	68
Chapter 6	Practical Considerations in the Implementation of Content-Based Programs	70
	Administrative Issues	71
	Program Design	71
	Student Population	72
	Staff Development	74
	Program Evaluation	75
	A Case Study: The Social Science English Language Center in Beijing, People's Republic of China	77
	What Have We Learned from the SSELC Program in the PRC?	84
	Questions to Consider	86
	Suggestions for Further Reading	87
Chapter 7	Suggestions for Content-Based Materials Development and Adaptation	89
	Selecting Materials	89
	Supplementing with Language-Teaching Materials	92
	Adapting and Developing Materials	92
	Sample Content-Based Materials	95
	Sample Skill Activities from a Variety of Content Areas	124
	Questions to Consider	173
	Suggestions for Further Reading	179
Chapter 8	Issues in Content-Based Evaluation	181
	Language and Content	182
	Evaluating Content Knowledge	184
	Evaluating Language Knowledge and Skills	185
	Purposes and Types of Procedures	186
	Short-Term and Long-Term Evaluation Goals	188
	Important Considerations in Evaluation	190
	Participants in the Evaluation Process	192
	Sample Achievement/Evaluation Schemes	193
	Sample Test Materials	194
	Conclusions	208
	Questions to Consider	208
	Suggestions for Further Reading	210
Chapter 9	Why Content-Based Instruction?	213
	Adapting Content-Based Models	216
	Conclusions	218
	Appendix A	221
	Appendix B	225
	Appendix C	227
	References	231
	Epilogue	239
	Background and Rationale	239
	Research	243
	Program Development: New CBI Formats	245
	Final Reflections	252
	References	255
	Glossary of Key Terms	263
	Updated Bibliography on Content-Based Instruction--1989 to the Present	271
	Index	281