course planning and syllabus design

COURSE PLANNING

AND SYLLABUS

DESIGN

What is curriculum?

What is syllabus?

The course rationale Who is this for? What is the course about? What kindof teaching and learning will

take place in the course?

DESCRIBING THE ENTRY AND EXIT LEVEL

To plan a language courseAn approach is used in language

program planning to identify different levels of performance.

Language program and Commercial materials

CHOOSING COURSE CONTEN• To develop to address a

specific set of needs. • To cover a given set of

objectives.

Simple and complexChronologyNeedPrerequisite learningWhole to part or part to

wholeSpiaral sequencing

DETERMINING THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE

PLANNING THE COURSE STRUCTURE

Two aspects of the process:– Selection a Syllables Framework

Major elementThe basis for course focusThe basis for course content

– Developing Instructional BlocksThe process used to make decisions about contentSelf-contained learning sequence

Selecting a

syllabus framework

GRAMMATICAL SYLLABUS

• IT IS BASED ON GRAMMAR

• FOR PLANING A GENERAL COURSE

• FOR BEGINNING LEVEL

• REMAINS A CORE COMPONENTS

LEXICAL SYLLABUS

• TARGET VOCABULARY

Elementary level: 1000 wordsIntermediate level: an additional 2000 wordsUpper intermediate level: an additional 2000 wordsAdvanced level: an additional 2000+words

Communicative functionComunivative competence

FUNCTIONAL SYLLABUS

ADVANTAGEComprehensive viewCan readily be likedFramework

DISADVANTAGENo clear criteria Simplistic view of CCAtomistic approachLead to a phrase-bookConsiderable gaps in G-C

SITUATIONAL SYLLABUS

• Languge needed• Identify the real situation

ADVANTEGE

Use in different situation

Specific situation

Phrase-book

Gaps

TOPICAL OR CONTENT-BASED SYLLABUS

• Themes, or other units of content

Advandage:• Comprehension• Meaningful• Skill areas• Students’ needs• Integration four skills• Authentic materials

COMPETENCY-BASED SYLLABUS

• Competencies learners• To specific situations and activities• Skills, knowladge, and attitudes• Particular tasks ans activities

SKILLS SYLLABUS

• Different underlying abilities• Basic reference skills• Identify the microskills underlying the use of

the four macroskills of listening, speaking, reading, & writing

The advantages of skills-based syllabuses:Behavior / performanceSkills teachable and learnable units

→provide a practical framework for designing

courses and teaching materials

TASK BASED SYLLABUS

• Tasks and activitiesExamples:

a) finding a solution to a puzzle

b) reading a map and giving directions

c) reading a set of instruments and assembling a toy

AN INTEGRATES SYLLABUS

• Syllabus framework• Teching• Macrolevel and microlevel

DETERMINING INSTRUCTIONAL

BLOCKS

•MODULESThis is a self-contained and independent learning sequence.

•UNITS LengthDevelopmentCoherencePacingOutcome

PREPARING THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE PLAN

A listing of the module/ unitContents An indication of how much teaching time

By: Dayra Yanangómez