Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university
One of the shortcomings commonly associated to Content-based Instruction is the scarce attention teachers give to the linguistic aspects of the target language. In Mexico there are 33 public universities offering Bachelors of Arts (BAs) in English language teaching in which content courses are taugh...
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| author | Arias de la Cruz, Andrés Domínguez Barrera, Gisela Morales Vázquez, Eleazar |
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| description | One of the shortcomings commonly associated to Content-based Instruction is the scarce attention teachers give to the linguistic aspects of the target language. In Mexico there are 33 public universities offering Bachelors of Arts (BAs) in English language teaching in which content courses are taught; however, very little is known about how these courses are taught and whether teachers focus on linguistics aspects of the target language or not. This article shows the results of a study carried out aiming to determine if Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) was implemented in two Content Courses at a Southeastern Mexican University as well as the type of FFI implemented by teachers. Through the use of a qualitative method, based on a descriptive case study, two teachers teaching content subjects to two groups of students (n=55) in a Mexican undergraduate programme were observed. After fifteen hours of observation, lessons were analysed using the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Scheme. The results showed that the participant teachers implemented only reactive FFI while no evidence of proactive FFI was found. The linguistic features attended to were mostly vocabulary, pronunciation while grammar features were barely covered. There is not a true integration of content and language in these two CB courses. CB teachers need to make use of proactive FFI to direct students’ attention to less salient features of the target language. |
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| spelling | INIE-RAIE-article-347852023-06-07T17:21:17Z Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university Arias de la Cruz, Andrés Domínguez Barrera, Gisela Morales Vázquez, Eleazar instrucción basada en contenidos métodos de enseñanza enseñanza del inglés content-based instruction teaching methods english teaching One of the shortcomings commonly associated to Content-based Instruction is the scarce attention teachers give to the linguistic aspects of the target language. In Mexico there are 33 public universities offering Bachelors of Arts (BAs) in English language teaching in which content courses are taught; however, very little is known about how these courses are taught and whether teachers focus on linguistics aspects of the target language or not. This article shows the results of a study carried out aiming to determine if Form-Focused Instruction (FFI) was implemented in two Content Courses at a Southeastern Mexican University as well as the type of FFI implemented by teachers. Through the use of a qualitative method, based on a descriptive case study, two teachers teaching content subjects to two groups of students (n=55) in a Mexican undergraduate programme were observed. After fifteen hours of observation, lessons were analysed using the Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching (COLT) Scheme. The results showed that the participant teachers implemented only reactive FFI while no evidence of proactive FFI was found. The linguistic features attended to were mostly vocabulary, pronunciation while grammar features were barely covered. There is not a true integration of content and language in these two CB courses. CB teachers need to make use of proactive FFI to direct students’ attention to less salient features of the target language. Una de las limitantes comúnmente reportada, en estudios de la Enseñanza basada en contenidos, es la poca atención que las personas docentes prestan a los aspectos lingüísticos. En México existen 33 universidades que ofrecen licenciaturas en la enseñanza del inglés, en ellas se imparten materias de contenido; no obstante, se sabe poco sobre cómo se dan estas materias y acerca de si los profesores ponen atención a aspectos lingüísticos. Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio llevado a cabo con el objetivo de determinar si se implementa la instrucción basada en la forma, en cursos de contenido, en una universidad sureña en México. Asimismo, se muestra el tipo de instrucción basada en la forma, que implementan las personas docentes. Mediante un abordaje cualitativo y a través de un estudio de casos, con un alcance de tipo descriptivo, se observó a dos docentes que enseñaban materias de contenido a dos grupos de estudiantes (n=55) de una licenciatura en lenguas modernas. Después de 15 horas de observación, las clases fueron analizadas utilizando el Esquema de Orientación Comunicativa de la Enseñanza de Idiomas o “COLT Scheme” (siglas por su significado en el idioma inglés). Los resultados muestran que el cuerpo docente implementó, solamente, una instrucción basada en la forma de manera reactiva, no hubo evidencia de una instrucción basada en la forma de manera proactiva. Los aspectos lingüísticos atendidos se limitaron a vocabulario y pronunciación, y muy escasamente a la gramática. Por lo tanto, no hay una verdadera integración del contenido y el idioma. Las personas docentes de materias de contenido necesitan implementar la instrucción basada en la forma de manera proactiva, esto para dirigir la atención del estudiantado hacia los aspectos lingüísticos menos comunes del idioma que se estudia Universidad de Costa Rica 2019-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion qualitative research Article investigación cualitativa application/pdf text/html https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/34785 10.15517/aie.v19i1.34785 Actualidades Investigativas en Educación; Vol. 19 No. 1: (Enero - Abril) Actualidades Investigativas en Educación; Vol. 19 Núm. 1: (Enero - Abril) Actualidades Investigativas en Educación; v. 19 n. 1: (Enero - Abril) 1409-4703 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/34785/34347 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/34785/38433 Derechos de autor 2018 Actualidades Investigativas en Educación http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | instrucción basada en contenidos métodos de enseñanza enseñanza del inglés content-based instruction teaching methods english teaching Arias de la Cruz, Andrés Domínguez Barrera, Gisela Morales Vázquez, Eleazar Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title | Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title_alt | Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title_full | Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title_fullStr | Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title_full_unstemmed | Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title_short | Form-focused instruction (FFI) and language features attended to during content-based instruction (CBI) lessons at a southeastern Mexican university |
| title_sort | form focused instruction ffi and language features attended to during content based instruction cbi lessons at a southeastern mexican university |
| topic | instrucción basada en contenidos métodos de enseñanza enseñanza del inglés content-based instruction teaching methods english teaching |
| topic_facet | instrucción basada en contenidos métodos de enseñanza enseñanza del inglés content-based instruction teaching methods english teaching |
| url | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/34785 |
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