It focuses on learning outcomes or
products. It adapts to the needs of
students, teachers and community. Schenk
1978
Characteristics
1. Revitalize teaching programs
2.Improves the quality of evaluations
3.Improves the quality of teaching 4.
Can be used in schools, universities
or work sites.
Focus
1. Teach according to social contexts.
2. Use language as communication to
achieve goals. 3. Use appropriate
vocabulary. 4. Communicative
competence is functional.
Objetives
1. They have little importance in
teaching. 2. Develop skills necessary for
life. 3. Develops knowledge, attitudes
and behaviors. 4. Autonomous students.
Syllabus
1. Main theme and subdivisions.
2. Evaluations according to the
competence to be developed. 3.
Constant evaluations. 4. Skills
are assessed in context.
(Docking 1994)
Activities
1. Daily activity is the basis of teaching.
2. Activities that promote performance
in a specific area of life.
Students
1. They are the center of education.
2. They advance at their own pace. 3.
They study only what is useful for
life. 4. They are autonomous.
Teachers
1. Individualized instruction.
2. Contents according to the
needs of the student. 3.
Develop ideas to build skills.
Competencies
1. of knowledge and learning.
2. oral production. 3. written
production. 4. Writing