From syllabus design to curriculum development

From syllabus design to curriculum development

1. Historical Context

   • The demand of learning English increased after the WW2 for international communication
     • For
       • Commerce
       • Tourism
       • Diverse media (newspaper, television and movies)
   • The initial response was to explore new directions in methodology
   • The more "up-to-date" teaching methods reflect the lastest understanding of the nature of language and language learning

2. Situational Approach

   • British linguists developed a methodology mlinking the oral approach to a carefully graded grammatical and lexical syllabus
   • Characteristics
     • The vocabulary levels
     • Meaningful presentation
     • Use of the PPP method (Presentation-Practice-Production)
   • Audiolingual method: Reinforce habits, Right response and induce student behavior

3. Discourse Analysis

   • Research Process
   • Vocabulary of analysis
   • Vocabulary of evaluation

4. Needs analysis in ESP

   • Learner's needs are often described in terms of what the learner will be able to do with the language at the end of the course of study
   • Teachers, learners and employees could be involved in determining learner´s need

5. Profile of communication needs

   • Personal
   • Purpose
   • Setting
   • Interactional variables
   • Medium, mode and channel
   • Dialects
   • Target level
   • Anticipated event
   • Key

6. Communicative language teaching

   • Organizes the teaching according to the national and functional categories of language rather than according to its structures.
     • Interactions
     • Tasks
     • Learner