LANGUAGE

CENTERED
APPROACH
Reporter: Fetalver, Keian Hannah G.
What is Language Centered
Approach?
Language- centered approach is the simplest
and more familiar kind to English teachers. It is
an approach that focuses on the linguistic
performance of the learner in the target
situation (Hutchinson and Waters, 1987: 65). This
approach aims to draw direct connection
between target situation and the content of
ESP course.
 Language Centered Centered Approach

WHAT DOES “Simplest and More Familiar Kind”

IT MEAN? “Linguistic Performance”

“Target Situation”
 Definition and
Concept
Definition:
The language-centered approach in ESP
focuses on developing language skills,
focusing on linguistic accuracy, fluency, and
comprehension in specific professional or
academic domains.
 Definition and
Concept
Concept:
The language-centered approach in ESP focuses on
equipping learners with linguistic competence for
their chosen professions or academic disciplines. It
integrates domain-specific vocabulary,
terminology, and communication conventions,
ensuring effective communication and
comprehension in their specific fields.
Examples
and
Illustrations

These examples and illustrations

show you the differences
of the states of matter
1. Identify learner’s target situation: Clearly define the real-world
situations in which learners will use English. These situations could
include job-related tasks, academic assignments, or industry-specific
interactions.
2. Select theoretical views of language: It is crucial in the language-
centered approach within English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for
learners because it shapes the entire framework of language
instruction.
3. Identify linguistic features of target situation: It holds immense
importance because it ensures that language instruction is finely
tuned to the specific needs and demands of learners within their
specialized contexts.
4. Create syllabus: Create a curriculum that integrates language
instruction with the specialized content relevant to the learners'
fields.
5. Design materials to exemplify syllabus items: Choose or
develop materials and resources that align with the curriculum
and the linguistic needs of the learners. These materials should
include industry-specific texts, reports, or academic literature.

6. Establish evaluation procedures to test acquisition of syllabus

items: Assess the effectiveness of the language-centered ESP
program and make adjustments to the curriculum, materials, or
teaching methods as necessary to enhance learners' language
proficiency and contextual competence.
 IS LANGUAGE CENTERED
APPROACH REALLY NEEDED IN
LANGUAGE LEARNING?
it ensures that language instruction is tailored to the precise
needs and goals of learners, making the learning experience
highly relevant.
enhances efficiency.
it fosters confidence.
language-centered approach bridges the gap between
language learning and practical application.
Thank you, class!

Thank you for listening!

 QUIZ TIME!
1. It is the simplest and more familiar kind
to English teachers. It is an approach that
focuses on the linguistic performance of
the learner in the target situation.

A. Learning Centered Approach

B. Language Centered Approach
C. Skill Centered Approach
D. All of the above
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2. It clearly defines the real-world situations in
which learners will use English. These situations
could include job-related tasks, academic
assignments, or industry-specific interaction.

A. Identifying linguistic features of target

situation
B. Selecting theoretical views of language
C. Creating syllabus
D. Identifying learner’s target situation
 QUIZ TIME!
3. It holds immense importance because it
ensures that language instruction is finely
tuned to the specific needs and demands of
learners within their specialized contexts.

A. Identifying linguistic features of target

situation
B. Designing materials to exemplify syllabus
items
C. Identifying learner’s target situation
D. Creating syllabus
 QUIZ TIME!
4. It assess the effectiveness of the language-
centered ESP program and make adjustments to the
curriculum, materials, or teaching methods as
necessary to enhance learners' language proficiency
and contextual competence.

A. Designing materials to exemplify syllabus items

B. Identifying linguistic features of target situation
C. Selecting theoretical views of language
D. Establishing evaluation procedures to test
acquisition of syllabus items
 QUIZ TIME!
5. Which of the statements given is true about Language
Centered-Approach?

A. Its aim is not only to provide language knowledge but to

make the learners into better processors of information.
B. It considers knowledge as being an ever-changing process,
which is built upon the leaners’ prior process experience
C. It focuses on developing language skills, focusing on linguistic
accuracy, fluency, and comprehension in specific professional or
academic domains
D. None of the above.
 QUIZ TIME!
6. The language-centered process can also be
criticized for being a ______and
_____procedure.

A. Static and inflexible

B. Statistics and Flexibility
C. Critics and Flexible
 QUIZ TIME!
7. It might be considered a________ approach
because it starts from the learners and their
needs but in reality, it's not learner-centered

A. Skills learning Approach

B. Learning Centered Approach
C Language Learning Approach
 QUIZ TIME!
8. It appears to be _______. The fact that
knowledge has been systematically analysed
and systematically presented does not in any
way imply that it will be systematically learnt.
Learners have to make the system meaningful
to themselves

A. Systematic
B. Mathematic
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9. It gives no _________ to factors which must
inevitably play a part in the creation of any
course. Data is not important in itself.

A. Acknowledgement
B. Management
C. Learning
 QUIZ TIME!
10. The Ig-centred analysis of target ________
data is only at the surface level. It reveals very
little about the competence that underlies the
performance.

A.communication
B.Situation