Graphic organizer "Environment Analysis"

Environment Analysis

Has strong influence in the decisions of the course's goals and demonstrates if the course will be functional

has three factors

Teachers

Learners

Situation

Environment Constraints

Steps in Environment Analysis

Brainstorming

Choose the most important factors

Decide which information you need take account of the factor

Consider each effect of each factor

Repeat the steps again.

Is necessary consider wider aspects and factors when is carrying out environmental analysis

some ways to think in a wider way these aspects

~ There are few native speakers (The language setting)

~There are few opportunities to use the language outside the classroom (patterns of language use in society)

~there are relatively few native speakers

~There are many opportunities to use the language outside the classroom

Is necessary consider the nature of the constraints in the environment in order to take appropriated decisions

some commons constraints are: “time available, cultural background, the effect of the first language on language learning and special purposes