The text-based integrated approach to language teaching: its meaning and classroom application.
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2019-05-20
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Mumba, Cyprian
Mkandawire, Sitwe Benson
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Multidisciplinary Journal of Language and Social Sciences Education
Abstract
The Text-based Integrated Approach is one of the comethodologies in the teaching of language such as English at senior secondary schools in Zambia. As a co- methodology, teachers are expected to understand and fully implement it in language teaching. This article aims at discussing the Text-based Integrated Approach by outlining its major characteristics, merits, demerits and how it can be implemented in a language class. The successful teaching and learning of language hinges on the teachers’ use of appropriate approaches and methodologies in their teaching. This article provides a theoretical and conceptual understanding of the method and provide insights on how the method can be implemented in the classroom. It ends by shedding light on the implications that emanate from the scope of the method on pedagogy and language teaching
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English, Implement, Co-methodology, Curriculum and Text-based Integrated Approach. , English, Implement, Co-methodology, Curriculum and Text-based Integrated Approach.
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Mumba, C. and Mkandawire, S. B. (2019). The Text-based Integrated Approach to Language Teaching: Its Meaning and Classroom Application. Multidisciplinary Journal of Language and Social Sciences Education, 2(1), 123-142.