Language
Across the
Curriculum
Characteristics of LAC
By
Nithisha N P
Department of English
Grace College of Education
+ Language across the
curriculum is a modern
approach to learning
Concept of languages. According to
the LAC approach,
Language Across language learning should
the Curriculum occur throughout the
school hours in
Approach
+ 1. the language classroom.
+ 2. as well as another
subject classroom.
+ It aims to infuse foreign
language across the
curriculum. This way student
can extend their knowledge of
the second language beyond
foreign language courses. LAC
approach is hardly practiced in
the classroom due to
+ 1. the pressure of completing
the syllabus on time.
+ 2. and our inability to break out
the rigid boundaries of various
subjects.
+LAC is a term for school
and college courses that
allow students to study
a foreign language. It
Meaning of LAC allows students to apply
Approach their existing knowledge
of a foreign language
outside of language
learning classrooms.
LAC approach is one that
integrates language
learning and content
learning. The concept of
LAC acknowledge the fact
that
Need for LAC
Approach
“Language education does
not take place in language
classroom alone”
+1. To support language
development in each
child.
+2. To support language
development in all
Aims of LAC
domains of language
APPROACH use.
+3. To support language
development in each
learning activity in
school.
(A) For students
1. It helps learners to
improve their
communication skills in a
Benefits of foreign language.
2. It helps students to learn
LAC the content more.
APPROACH 3. lt helps learners to
discuss different issues in
a foreign language.
4. It helps the learners to
expand their ideas.
5. It helps learners to
collect different technical
terms related to different
subjects.
6. It open a vast career
world before the students.
7. It helps the students
getting admitted in the
foreign universities.
8. It facilitates effective
self-study and referring.
+ (B) For teachers
+ 1. All teachers can
improve their skills in a
foreign language.
+ 2. It helps the teachers to
teach the concept in a
foreign language.
+ 3. It helps the teachers to
update their knowledge.
+ 4. It helps teachers to give
clear instructions to
students in foreign
language.
+ Language works as a medium
between learners and teachers.
Hence, the importance of
language in education and the
curriculum is very important. A
Importance of language is a tool for learning
LAC APPROACH and an aid to understanding.
Students develop basic
thinking and communication
skills that are necessary for
their personal development
and future career.
+ Language and medium of
instruction in school are
formal which might differ
from what he has learned
at his home. The standard
of language used in
education should match
the level of the standard of
the students. If it is
mismatched, then the
efforts made by on the
part of teacher and learner
would not be fruitful.
+ The first difficulty comes
with the attitude of subject
Difficuly in teachers who resist and
implementing object this approach as
they do not want to
LAC APPROACH become language teachers
on top.
+ Introducing LAC requires
a radical change in the
attitudes and mentality of
the teachers involved.
Teachers have to be
trained and prepared for
integrating language into
subject matter teaching at
school.
