Content-based instruction using Moodle: Creating a website to mirror and enhance a print textbook

摘要

This paper will describe how Moodle was used to create an online version of a print text- book for a content-based course. After a brief overview of content-based instruction ( CBI ), it will introduce one way of designing a Moodle course homepage to make a reasonable rendi- tion of a textbook while discussing the func- tionality of Moodle and how it enhances the effectiveness of CBI . The paper will also describe more advanced customizations of Moodle that were made to adapt the layout and function- ality of the course to the needs of Japanese learners. Lastly, it will conclude by making a case for the use of a print textbook-website combo as an effective means of introducing CALL teaching technology gradually into a traditional institutional setting. An appendix is also provided with practical suggestions on how to render common CBI textbook activities into corresponding Moodle activities.