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1、,Liu YingYang JianfengMustafina Aliya,Competency-based Language Teaching（CBLT）,Mrowicki：#1986,Competencies are essential skills that adults need to be successful members of families,the community,and the workplace.,CBE,CBE（competency-based education）-to focus on the outcomes or outputs of learning i

2、n the development of language programs-to address what learners are expected to do with language-to be central to competencies perspective（p141）,Diagram of Competency Based Education,Schenck（1978:#vi）,Competency Based Education has much in common with such approaches to learning as performance-based

3、 instruction以演示为基础的教学方法,mastery learning 掌握学习法and individualized instruction个别教学.Thus CBE is based on a set of outcomes that are derived from an analysis of tasks typically required of students in life role situation.（P141）,Savage 1993,Competency Based Education is a functional approach功能法 to educat

4、ion that emphasizes life skills and evaluates mastery of those skills according to actual leaner performance.It was defined by the U.S.Office of Education as a“performance-based process leading to demonstrated mastery of basic and life skills necessary for the individual to function proficiently in

5、society”（U.S.Office of Education,1978）.,What is Competency-Based Language Teaching?#,An application of the principles of Competency-based Education（CBE）to language teaching.An approach had been widely adopted by the end of 1970s,particularly as the basis for the design of work-related and survival o

6、riented language teaching programs for adults.The center for applied linguistics called competency-based ESL curricular“the most important breakthrough in adult ESL”.,CBLT（Competency-based Language Teaching）,By the end 1990s,it had become to be“the state-of-the art approach 现代化的教学方法 to adult ESL”by

7、policymakers and leaders in curricular development as well.（Auerbach 1986:#411）Recently in some parts of the world（E.g:#Australia）CBLT,as a major approach to the planning of language programs.,Views from Advocates of CBLT,“Competency-based approach to teaching and assessment offer teachers an opport

8、unity to revitalize复兴 their education and training programs.Not only will the quality of assessment评估 improve,but the quality of teaching and student learning will be enhanced by the clear specification of expected outcomes and the continuous feedback that competency-based assessment can offer.,Thes

9、e beneficial effects have been observed at all levels and kinds of education and training,from primary school to university,and from academic students to workplace training”.（Docking 1994;#15）The most recent realization of competency perspective in the United States is found in the“standards”movemen

10、ts,which has dominated education discussion since the 1990s.（p142）Second language teaching,especially ESL in the United States,was a late entry in the standards movements.（p142）,As the ESL project director for ESL standards development noted in 1997:#It quickly became apparent to ESL educators in th

11、e United States at that time（1991）that the students we serve were not being included in the standards-setting movement that was sweeping the country.（Short 1997:#1）p142,Approach,In term of theory of language-CBLT is based on a functional and interactional perspective-which means that language learni

12、ng always needs to be connected to the social context it is used in.Language is seen as“a medium of interaction and communication between people”for achievement of specific goals and purposes.,In term of theory of learning-CBLT is also used as a framework for language teaching in situations where le

13、arners have specific needs and are in particular roles and where the language skills they needs can be fairly accurately predicted or determined.-CBLT shares with behaviorist views of learning the notion,certain life encounters call for certain kinds of language.,-CBLT takes a“mosaic”approach to lan

14、guage learning,the“whole”（communicative competency）is constructed from smaller components in the correct order.CBLT is also built around the notion of communicative competence and seeks to develop functional communication skills in learners.All these aspects together show that CBLT is in some respec

15、ts similar to Communicative Language Teaching.,Learning activities,Syllabus,Objectives,Features,Role of teachers and learners,Design:#Objectives,To enable students to become autonomous individuals capable of coping with the demands of the worldBe broken into narrowly focused sub-objectivesBe behavio

16、ralBe defined in terms of individual needs,Design:#Syllabus,Traditional approach,CBLT,Using ones understanding of subject matter as the basis for syllabus planning norm-referencing assessment,Around the notion of competencyFous on what learners can do with languages Focus on learning outcomesCriterion-based assessment,Design:#Learning activities,Competences consist of a description of the essential skills,knowledge,attitudes,and behaviors required for effective performance of a real-world task or activity.