Language Based Approach Language Based Approach Is an

Language Based Approach

Language Based Approach � Is an approach that allows students in a systematic and methodical way in order to exemplify specific linguistic features. � Use literary text for helping students improving their language proficiency by expose students to the target language and connect them to specific vocabulary and other aspects of the language.

Language Based Approach � Literary text is used as resource for language development. � Literary text is used to help improving students’ language proficiency. � Literary text is used to expose students to the target language � Literary test is used for teaching representational language(literary) and referential language(beyond literary).

Rationale of using the approach. � To expose students on how target language is used literature. � To provide a context that is fun and interesting when learning the target language. � To expose students on how language are used in different contexts and genres.

Teaching points of using the approach. 1. 2. Students are required to use the target language in predicting the story. A list of questions are given to the students to aid students understanding when they are reading the text. The questions includes lower order thinking skill questions and higher order thinking skill questions and also questions related to the representational language and referential language.

3. ◦ ◦ 4. For students to practice using the sentence pattern for explaining and justifying: “ We should…because…” “We should not…because…” To create a fun learning environment where the students can use the target language.