Language Curriculum Design

Language Curriculum Design

1. Consider environment

   • distractors
   • large groups
   • absence of interest
   • Short time

2. Monitoring and assessment

   • use of tests
     • Achievement tests
     • Tests of Proficiency
     • larger achievement tests

3. evaluating a course

   • to continue or discontinue a course
   • provides data about how effective is a course

4. Discovering needs

   • Lacks and needs can be known through
     • Investigating
     • Collecting Data
     • Consulting
     • Analizing

5. Goals

   • Determine the content of a course
     • develop students' receptive skills
     • produce langauge fluently and accurately
     • encourage to get involved with language

6. Following principles

   • based on pedagogical perspectives
     • importance of repetition
     • thoughtful processing of material
     • presentation format
     • content andsequencing
       • language items, ideas, strategies and skills

7. Format and presentation of materials

   • Lessons easier to learn
   • usage of a suitable teaching procedure
   • The course is simple to monitor