The Competency Based Approach to English Language Teaching

Competency-based language teaching (CBLT) is a functional approach to education that emphasizes life skills and evaluates mastery of those skills according to actual leaner performance. CBLT addresses what the learners are expected to do rather than on what they are expected to learn about. It refers to an educational movement that advocates defining educational goals in terms of precise measurable descriptions of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviours students should possess at the end of a course of study. This research article introduces an overview of competency-based language teaching where student's attitude and achievement comprise the important segments of appraisal.