competency based teachingn
also competency based education /instruction
an approach to teaching that focuses on teaching the skills and behaviours
needed to perform competencies. Competencies refer to the student’s
ability to apply different kinds of basic skills in situations that are com-
monly encountered in everyday life. Competency Based Education is based
on a set of outcomes that are derived from an analysis of tasks learners
are typically required to perform in real-life situations. Competency Based
Language Teaching is an application of the principles of CBE to language
teaching and has been widely used for the development and teaching of
work-related and survival-orientated language teaching programmes for
adults. CBE is believed to improve the quality of teaching and learning
because of its focus on learning outcomes.
complementncomplementationn
(in grammar) that part of the sentence which follows the verb and which
thus completes the sentence. The commonest complements are:
a subject complement: the complement linked to a subject by be or a linking
verb:
Sheis a doctor.
b object complement: the complement linked to an object:
We made her the chairperson.
c adjective complement: the complement linked to an adjective:
I am glad that you can come.
d prepositional complement: the complement linked to a preposition:
They argued about what to do.
While adjuncts are optional parts of sentences, complements are often
obligatory parts of the sentences in which they occur. A clause which functions
as a complement is called a complement(ary) clause. For example:
The question is why you did it.
In generative grammar, the term complement has a broader meaning,
referring to an expression that combines with a headto become a larger
constituent of essentially the same kind. For example, in read a book,
a bookis the complement of the verb read; in at the end, the endis the
complement of the preposition at; in bags of groceries, of groceriesis
the complement of the noun bags. In English complements usually follow
their heads.
see also parameter
complementariesn
see antonym
competency based teaching