Sillabuses and coursebooks

Sillabuses and coursebooks

1. Syllabus design

   • How theories and beliefs are tanslated into appropiate activities
   • Culture
   • criteria
     • Learnability
     • frequency
     • Informed decisions
       • selection
       • ordering
     • Coverage
       • scope for use
     • Usefulness
       • Classroom and context

2. Types of syllbuses

   • Grammar syllabus
     • gammatical structures
     • The commonest
     • Starting point
   • Lexical syllabus
     • vocabulary
     • word formation
     • connecting and linking words
   • functional syllabus
     • "communicative functions
     • Inviting, requesting, offering, promising...
   • Situational syllabus
     • Real life situation
       • usfulness
   • Topic-based
     • communicative needs
   • Task based syllabus
     • grading tasks
       • set oral before written tasks

3. Choosing coursebooks

   • Checklist
     • Select areas for assesment
     • Stating beliefs
     • Using statements for assessment
   • Evluation messure
     • Teacher record
       • diary
       • Reports
     • discussions
       • compare experiences
     • Student response
       • Oral feedback
       • written response