INTEGRATING LANGUAGE SKILLS & LANGAUGE CONTENT

INTEGRATION of LANGUAGE SKILLS with LANGAUGE CONTENT & arts

mohd shaifuddin bt razalinajwa adibah bt bukarinur azimah bt md.sallehsiti hajar bt zaidsiti nabihah bt mustaffaINTEGRATION LANGUAGE SKILLS & LANGAUGE CONTENT

WHAT IS INTEGRATION OF LANGUAGE SKILLS & CONTENT ?Refers to the topics and ideas that are contained in linguistic messages. Eg : object,events,actions and etc.It is connected to experiential learning and to collaboration. Provide students with rich experiences and hands-on ways to builds their knowledge of a content area and provides a need to develop the language to explain the acquired knowledge.Language in this sense is an product of content. Teachers need to provide support for students to develop the necessary vocabulary and language structures. These are acquired through multiple opportunities to apply them in classroom activities by using the four languageHOW DOES LANGUAGE SKILLS & CONTENT ARE INTEGRATED?Knowledge of the language is used as means of learning the content.

When learners are interested in a topic they are motivated to acquire language to communicate.Learning is improved through the increased of motivation .Students learn natural language related to the content seen in context.

It is a long-term learning, where students become academically proficient in English

because the language content usually are based from what they can see in their daily life.Fluency is more important than accuracy.Errors are a natural part of language learning.Learners develop fluency in English by using English to communicate for a variety of purposes.Listening and speaking is the most essential skills.

ADVANTAGES Provide opportunity for students to use language.Prepare for internationalization of language.Improve overall and specific language competence.Develop students interests to learn English.Diversify methods & forms of classroom teaching and learning.

INTEGRATION OF LANGUAGE SKILLS AND LANGUAGE ARTINTEGRATION OF LANGUAGE SKILLS AND LANGUAGE ARTIt means that the elements of literacy are developed and taught, with a set of common experiences using pieces of authentic literature. These experiences involve reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking as they would normally be used by literate learners.HOW DOES LANGUAGE SKILLS & LANGUAGE ARTS ARE INTEGRATED?Teacher should set up different ways of understanding that work through listening, speaking, reading and writing. For example, a short story can be explored through into a drama, involving the class in role-playing, pantomime, and diary writing.Teacher needs to provide an environment rich with resources for making language connections. When reading is integrated withlanguage arts,it improves not only reading but writing as well, because children see the purpose of both.Classroom environment must be safe and structured, with ample opportunities for students to use all the four language skills.Teachers can serve as models by engaging in all of these activities with their students. ADVANTAGESStudents learn all aspects of language by using language in purposeful situations (Halliday, 1975).Put the students in situations that match the way in which they naturally learn and use language.They develop better critical thinking abilities. This is especially true when reading and writing are taught together (Tierney & Shanahan, 1991).