Richards 4

SITUATION ANALYSIS

Societal Factors

Impact of groups in the community: Policy makers in government educational officials, employers, policitians, tertiary education specialists, parents, citizens, students.

Factors to consider:

Current lg teaching policies

Reasons for the project

Impact on society

Lg teaching experience

POV of the public about second lg.

POV of relevant proffessionals

Opinion of proffesional organization

Views of parents and students

Views of employers

Available community resources

Project factors

Projects are completed under different constraints of time, resources and personnel.

Factors to consider:

Who constitutes the project group

Responsabilities of the team

Goals and procedures

Reviews the progress

Members experience

Vailable resources

Time frame

Institutional factors

Teaching institution is a collection of teachers, groups and departments, whitin an institution there may be a strong and positive climate to support innovation, they also have their own ways of doing things.

Factors to consider:

Leadership

Physical resources at school

Role of schoolar material

Staff morale

Problems of teachers to face

Administrative support

Reputation of school

Teacher factors

Teacher may vary accordint to the following dimensions:

Lg profiency

Experience

Skills and expertise

Training and qualifications

Morale and motivation

Teaching style

Beliefs and principles

Factors to consider:

Background lg

Motivation

Expectations

Culturally factors

Homogeneous/Heterogeneous group

Learning approach

Time

learning resources

Learners factors

Adoption factors

Curriculum innovation:

Advantages

Compatibility

Used and tasted

Features and benefits

Clear and practical

Complexity and clarity of a curriculum change:

Compatter based learning vs cooperative versus learning

Communicative pair work vs consentousness-raising activities

A functional syllabus vs a satk based syllabus

A product syllabus vs a process syllabus

Content based curriculum vs negotiated curriculum

Audiolingualism vs Natural Approach

Structural Approach vs Communicative Language Teaching

SWOT: Goal of situtation analysis to identify key factors that might positively or negatively affect the implementation of a curriculum plan.

It involves an examination of lg program´s internal strengst and waknesses in addition to external opportunities and threats to the existence or successful operation of the lg program

Serves to identify potential obstacles to implementing a curriculum project and factors that need to be considered when planning the parameters of a project.