1 / 11

Theme-based Instruction

Theme-based Instruction. Instructor: Dr. Wen-Hsing Luo National Hsinchu University of Education wluo@mail.nhcue.edu.tw. Theme-based Instruction Theme-based = Topic-based Choose topics or themes that are of high interest to students.

nerina
Download Presentation

Theme-based Instruction

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Theme-based Instruction Instructor: Dr. Wen-Hsing Luo National Hsinchu University of Education wluo@mail.nhcue.edu.tw

  2. Theme-based Instruction • Theme-based = Topic-based • Choose topics or themes that are of high interest to students. • Organize units around the theme while integrating language objectives into the units. • Incorporate all skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar) in the theme-based units. Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  3. Example: In a theme-based unit entitled “What am I wearing?”, students can explore answers to the question while expanding their vocabulary and practicing the four skills. • What theme could the above unit be generated from? _________________ Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  4. Common themes used in theme-based instruction: Animals Clothing Food Geography Holidays and Travel Jobs Numbers and Money Sports and Health Technology Weather • Add three themes to the above list: Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  5. Planning theme-based lessons • Step 1. Choose a theme/topic Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  6. Step 2. Decide theme-based units. (Please list the titles of the units. You can decide the number of the units you’d like to include so as to properly introduce the theme.) Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  7. Step 3: Decide language objectives of these units. (Please be specific about the language objectives of each of the units.) Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  8. Step 4. Make a list of the vocabulary that will be taught in these units. (Please balance between nouns and verbs in a theme-based vocabulary list, e.g., 50% nouns, 20% verbs, 20% adjectives and 10% others) Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  9. Step 5. Make a list of activities that will be used in these units. (Please relate these activities to other subjects if possible.) Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  10. Step 6. Plan lessons. (Please connect these units with regard to language objectives, vocabulary to be taught and activities to be used.) Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

  11. References • Brinton, D. M. (2003). Content-based instruction. In D. Nunan (Ed.), Practical English language teaching (pp.199-224). New York: McGraw-Hill. • http://www.mrshurleysesl.com/model/themes.html • http://www.englishclub.com/teacher-themes.htm • http://www.english-test.net/esl-jobs/3/ • http://www.aatk.org/html/conference2007/pdf/Donna%20Brinton.pdf Workshop: How to plan theme-based instruction--Overview

More Related