Language Curriculum Design

Language Curriculum Design

1. Environment

   • Factors of the situation in which the course will be used
     • Examples
       • Small amount of time
         • Large size of the classes
           • Lack of materials

2. Needs

   • necessities
   • lacks
   • wants
     • It can be discovered by
       • Testing
         • questioning
           • interviewing
             • consulting employers, teachers

3. Principles

   • Applying principles is a course where learning is given the greatest support
     • It is divided in 20 principles
       • Content and sequencing
       • Format and presentation
       • Monitoring and assessing

4. Goals

   • Help to decide why a course is being taught
     • Determine the content of the course

5. Content and sequencing

   • Consists of the language items, ideas, skills and strategies .
   • Use of frequency lists and other listsof language itmes or skills.

6. Format and presenting material

   • It involves the use of suitable teaching techniques and procedures
   • The material needs to be presented to learners in a form that will help learning

7. Monitoring and Assessing

   • It involves the use of tests
     • Proficiency test
       • Used to measure a learner´s level of language knowledge
     • Achievement test
       • Is based on the content of the course and the learning goals of the course.

8. Evaluation

   • It provides information about how good is the course
   • Decide if the course should continue or discontinue

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