What is meant by language across the curriculum?

Language Across the Curriculum

 

 

 

     Language is an important means through which we can share our views, thoughts etc. Language across the curriculum relates to linking different forms and aspects of language education within the school, particularly emphasizing the role of Language in all subject matter learning.

     Language across the curriculum as a concept acknowledges the fact that language education does not only take place in specific subjects explicitly defined and reserved for it (such as mother tongue education, foreign language education, second language education etc.) but also in each and every other subject, in each and every activity in school, across the whole curriculum.

     According to Edward Sapir, "Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating idea, emotions and desires by means of a system of voluntarily produced symbols".

     The concept of LAC originated in Great Britain. In Britain the idea of linking language across the curriculum with school language policies as a whole received formal recognition in the so called Bullock Report.

     According to Fillion, "Language across the curriculum stresses concern for how people learn to use language, how they use language to achieve understanding and appreciation of their experiences and how language use influences cognitive development".

     Language across the curriculum has two meanings: in the narrow sense it is a concept suggesting the importance of language work and language training in all non-linguistic subjects. In the wider sense it is a concept demanding a comprehensive model of language education as the basis of a whole school language policy.

     A language across the curriculum approach is one that integrates language learning and content learning. LAC is an approach to learning that focuses on improving language proficiency in all subjects in order to enhance students' learning and outcome. LAC emphasizes that language development is the responsibility of all teachers across the school and in all subject areas.

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