Content based instruction student: sherova d

Establishing objectives

• Content objectives: students will be able to _________________
• describe the water cycle
• explain how evaporation works
• give examples of different kinds of precipitation

Language objectives: students will be able to_______________.

• define 3 key vocabulary terms
• use the simple present tense correctly in a spoken explanation
• write a well-structured paragraph

Adapt texts as needed Earth is truly unique in its abundance of water. Water is necessary to sustain life on Earth, and helps tie together the Earth's lands, oceans, and atmosphere into an integrated system. Precipitation, evaporation, freezing and melting and condensation are all part of the hydrological cycle - a never- ending global process of water circulation from clouds to land, to the ocean, and back to the clouds.

TASK 1

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CBI is a fundamentally method or framework. FALSE

Content does not also have to be strictly academic but it can include any authentic topic , theme or non-language issue that is of interest to the learners. TRUE

In content based classrooms, students are exposed to a considerable amount of language while learning content. TRUE

CBI does not support, in a natural way, such learning approaches as-cooperative learning. FALSE

CBI students learn about the subject using the language they are trying to learn, rather than their native language as a tool for developing knowledge and so they develop their linguistic ability in the target language. TRUE

TASK 2

Activity (a) Look and read. Write yes or no. There are two examples.

Examples

There is a calendar on the wall. yes

The teacher is a woman. no

Questions

1. There is an apple on the teacher’s desk. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2. The time in the classroom is 10 a.m. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3. The Flyers test was yesterday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. There is a bag under the teacher’s desk. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5. A dog is looking through the window. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

develop tasks to help students understand the content