Content-Based Foreign Language Teaching

Contents

Preface

Introduction






Content-based instruction and curricular reforms: Issues and goals
LAURENT CAMMARATA, DIANE J. TEDICK, & TERRY A. OSBORN

Part 1: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence

Sociocultural theory and content-based Foreign Language instruction: Theoretical insights on the challenge of integration
RICHARD DONATO

Scaffolding advanced literacy in the foreign language classroom: Implementing a genre-driven content-based approach
MARIANNA V. RYSHINA-PANKOVA
Integrating CBI into high school foreign language classrooms
JOY CUMMING & ROY LYSTER

Part 2: Curriculum development for the thinking-oriented foreign language classroom

Tapping the ACTFL National Standards for a thoughtful approach to content-based instruction
JASON MARTEL
Foreign Language education and the development of inquiry-driven language programs: Key challenges and curricular planning strategies
LAURENT CAMMARATA
Assessing what matters within content-based foreign language teaching through Integrated Performance Assessment
FRANCIS J. TROYAN
Part 3: Critical pedagogy and the foreign language classroom

Language teachers in foreign territory: A call for a critical pedagogy-infused curriculum
TIMOTHY REAGAN

Critical content-based instruction in the foreign language classroom: Critical issues for implementation
RYUKO KUBOTA

Part 4: Exemplars of cognitively engaging curriculum planning for the foreign language classroom

'Le Maine Francophone': An expeditionary unit targeting the development of higher-order thinking skills
FRANCIS J. TROYAN
Exploring environmental and sustainability issues in the intermediate-level foreign language curriculum
ELIZABETH A. KAUTZ
A look at CBI in action: An exploratory journey into the arts and history in the foreign language classroom
NANCY HAGSTROM
About the Contributors

Index