Teaching and Curriculum Design

Teaching and Curriculum Design

1. Environment Analysis

   • Will this activity be interesting ?
     • Is the time enough for the activity?
       • Is the activity too noisy?
         • Do the learners understand clearly the acivity?
           • Will the activity create a lot of making for doing?

2. Need Analysis

   • Is this material too difficult?
     • Is there something new for learns to learn in this activity?
       • Will everyone in the class be able to cope with this activity

3. Principles

   • Should learners be doing homework?
     • Will this be a good activity?
       • Are learners doing enough reading?
         • Should I do the same activity again?
           • Do leaners have to memorise words or phrases?

4. Goals

   • Comprehension of the text
     • Learning language items

5. Content and Sequencing

   • What reading passage will I use
     • What vocabulary will I get the learner to focus
       • Which items shall I use for the blanks
         • How can I repeat the language items which were used in the previous lessons
           • What topic should I get the learner to talk about my discussion activities

6. Format and Presentation

   • What activities will learners do today
     • Activity in pairs or groups
       • Shall I write this on the board
         • Balance of the activities
           • Pre-teach needed?

7. Monitoring and Assesment

   • Is the activity going well?
     • All the learners participate?
       • Are some learners doing more work than others
         • Have the learners learnt anything with the activity
           • Should I give learners a test to encourage them to keep on learning

8. Evaluation

   • Is the course going well?
     • Are the learners happy
       • I s the teacher happy with the course
         • Would other teachers think its a good course
           • How can the course improve
             • Did today's lesoon go well
               • Will I get through the course book by end of the course