Language Curriculum Design

Language Curriculum Design

1. Factors to take into account

   • Learners'
     • Present knowledge
     • Needs, lacks and wants.
   • Time
   • Availability of resources
   • Teachers'
     • Skills
     • Strengths and limitations
   • Principles of teaching and learning

2. What is it?

   • Process in which lessons, courses, and programs are planned at a macro-meso-micro level
     • To know if the current curriculum works or if it needs to be improved.
   • • Syllabus
   • Written activity
     • Follows the writing process
       • Gathering ideas
       • Organizing
       • Ideas to text
       • Reviewing
       • Editing

3. Parts of the Curriculum

   • Environment Analysis
     • How the context affect the learning process
   • Needs Analysis
     • What needs to be learned?
     • What do the ss want to learn?
     • What do the students know?
   • Principles
     • guide to decide the content and the methodology
   • Goals
     • The purpose of the course
     • What is expected to be achieved
   • Content and sequency
     • Items of the language, and ideas
     • the order of the content to be taught
   • Format and Presentation
     • format of the lesson
     • Material, techniques, and procedures
   • Monitoring and assesing
     • Observing and testing to provide feedback
       • To know if the objectives are achieved
   • Evaluation
     • To know if something needs to be improved
     • To know if the course needs to continue or not

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