Competency Based Language Teaching (CBLT)

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Competency Based Language Teachings (CBLT)

Competency Based Language teaching is method teaching about language as the subject to enable student to become autonomous individuals capable of coping with the demands of the world. 

Characteristics

1.      Focus on life skills

2.      Task or performances centered, orientation

3.      Focus a successful functioning in society

4.      Individualized, student centered instruction

Role of Teacher

                 The role of the teacher in a competency-based framework is not defined by specific terms. The teacher has to provide positive and constructive feedback in order to help the students to improve their skills. She/he needs to be aware of the learners’ needs so that everybody feels welcome in class, The different competencies dealt with in class require specific instructions for the various learning activities. Thus the teacher has to give clear orders and explanations to make sure that every student understands the task they are going to deal with. But the teacher does not push the students because the instructions are not time-based; instead the student’s progress is most important. Another task of the teacher in CBLT is to select learning activities and to design a syllabus according to the competency the students are going to acquire. Teacher make syllabus for get planning.

 

Role of Learner

                 The role of the learner in a competency-based framework is to decide whether the competencies are useful and relevant for him/her, This shows that the learner has an active role in the classroom which is underlined by the fact that the students are expected to perform the skills learned, The competencies the students will learn are clearly defined and present in the public so that “the learner knows exactly what needs to be learned” and for which purpose he/she has to use the competencies. Moreover, the students have to stay in the actual program until they improve. After they mastered their skills, they move into a more proficient group of students. The main goal of the learner in Competency-Based Language Teaching is to be able to adapt and transfer knowledge from one setting to another.

       

 

 

Advantages

~ learner can judge whether the competency seem useful

~ the competencies are specific and practical

Disadvantages

The process learning activity will be passive if teacher does not motivate the students.

Conclusion

So, CBLT is a method based on functional interaction of language to improve the quality in term of assessment. And a focussed on the outputs to learning. But on the other hand, CBLT is gaining popularity in the whole world. It is argued that through the clearly defined outcomes and the continuous feedback in CBLT, the quality of assessment as well as the students’ learning and the teaching are improved. These improvements can be seen on all educational levels, “from primary school to university, and from academic studies to workplace training”.