Syllabuses & Coursebooks

Syllabuses & Coursebooks

1. Syllabus Design

   • Curriculum Design
   • Design Criteria
     • Learnability
     • Frequency
     • Coverage (Scope for use)
     • Usefulness
   • Different Syllabuses
     • Grammar Syllabus
     • Lexical Syllabus
     • Functional Syllabus
     • Situational Syllabus
     • Topic-Based Syllabus
     • Task-Based Syllabus
   • Multi-Syllabus Syllabus
     • Map of the Book

2. Choosing Coursebook

   • Assessment (Pre-Course)
   • Evaluation (Post-Course)
   • Criteria for Assessment
     • Selecting Areas for Assessment
     • Belief Statements
     • Using Statements for Assessment
   • Evaluation Measures
     • Teacher Record
     • Teacher Discussion
     • Student Response

3. Using Coursebooks

   • Use them or not?
     • Benefits
     • Restrictions
       • Do-it-yourself Approach
   • Options for its Use
     • Omit
     • Replace
     • Change It!
     • Not to Change!
       • Add
       • Rewrite
       • Re-order
       • Reduce
       • Replace Activities