COMPETENCY BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING

Competency Based Language Teaching ( CBLT)

CBLT is an application of the principle of competency based education to language teaching, is an educational; movement that focuses on the outcome or output of learning in the development of language programs. CBLT is based on a function and international perspective on the nature of language. It seeks language in relation to the social context in which it used.

The goal of the teacher:

Teacher can be built around the nation of communicative competence and seek to developed functional communication skill in learners. These skills are  generally describe in only the most general term, however, rather than being linked to the performance of specific real world.

The goal of the student:

Student can be adjective in that they describe the students’ ability to apply basic and the other skill in situation that are commonly encountered in everyday life.

 According to Auerbach (1986) there are eight characteristic features to distinguish the Competency-Based Language Teaching: 14

1.      It focuses on society related issues. The goal is to teach the language in order to prepare students for the diverse needs of the world.

2.      It focuses on life skills to underline that language is still taught as a means of communication in practical tasks.

3.      The focus is on what students can do with language, as well as with certain behaviours.

4.      The skills taught in the programme should be separated into modules and or into manageable parts, so that the teacher and the students can manage the content and fulfil their objectives.

5.      The student tests’ results are of public domain, known and shared by both the students and the teacher. Therefore, students can see their mistakes, correct them and know clearly what behaviours and skills are expected of them.

6.       Evaluation is continuous and permanent, meaning that students are tested before the course to determine what skills they lack, and are tested again after receiving instructions to check if they have achieved the necessary skills or not.

7.       Mastery is demonstrated through the achievement of objectives. The evaluation is based on the results obtained from the specific behaviour of the students, rather than by traditional assessment.

8.      Individualised and focused attention are given to each student, the instructions given by the teacher are not based on time but on the progress that each student makes. Therefore, the teacher needs to focus on each individual student in order to help in those areas where skills are lacking.

The characteristic of CBLT:

·         A focus on successful functioning in society

·         A focus on life skills

·         Task or performance centered orientation

·         Modularized instruction

·         Outcomes that are made explicit a priori

·         Continuous and ongoing assessment

·         Demonstrated mastery of performance objectives

·         Individualized, student centered instruction

The advantages of CBLT :

·         The learner can judge whether the competencies seem relevant and useful

·         The competencies are specific and practical can be seen to relate to the learners need and interest

·         The student can generally communicate well, having learn all the basic structure of the language

·         The competencies can be mastered one at a time, so the learners can see what has been learned and what still remains to be learned

·         The student are motivated to mention and understand the word in the target language because the teacher use some media to improve the skill or learner.

The disadvantages of CBLT

The learning and teaching process will be passive if the teachers do not motivate their student to improve ability to apply basic and other skill in situations that are commonly encountered in everyday life.

CONCLUSION

CBLT is a method teaching about language as the subject to enable student to become autonomous individuals capable of coping with the demands of the world,