Curriculum, Syllabus, and Methodology

Question 1

Curriculum design

Answer 1

Curriculum products in different levels
- lesson level : lesson plan
- course level : syllabus
- program level : curriculum
Design a curriculum
1) situation analysis
2) needs analysis (objective / subjective)
3) problematizing
4) specify goals
5) concetualize a course syllbus
6) select textbooks, materials, and resources
7) assessment & course revision

Question 2

Syllabus

Answer 2

A plan for a course; in theoretical way, it is a specific way to conceptualize what language is and how it is learned

1) functional syllabus
2) skills-based syllabus
3) task-based syllabus : focus on using the target lgg in real world
4) content-based syllabus : organized around themes and topics
5) text-based syllabus (genre-based) : built around texts and samples of extended discourse
6) lexical syllabus : consists of multi-word, prefabricated chunks
7) integrated syllabus : task-based + content-based + text-based
8) synthetic vs analytic syllabus
9) process-oriented vs product-oriented syllabus
10) competency-based syllbus

Question 3

Lesson Planning

Answer 3

Objectives
- terminal
- enabling
Write the objective
- use active verbs ex) speak, explain, identify, discover (o)// consider, believe, remenber (x)
- don’t present two learning objectivs in one sentence

Question 4

Teaching Methodologies (1) : general approaches

Answer 4

1) task-based language teaching: immerse Ss in tasks that require them to negotiate meanning and engage in meaningful communication
2) theme-based instruction : the whole course is instructed around certain themes or topics
3) experiential/ project-based learning : learning by doing
- language experience approach (LEA)
4) whole language education : emphasize the interconnection b/w oral and written lgg
5) strategies-based instruction : emphasize Ss’ awareness-raising in lgg learning

Question 5

Teaching Methodologies (2) : specific approaches

Answer 5

1) content-based instruction
- immersion/ adjunct-model/ sheltered model
2) total physical response(TPR)/ audio-motor unit(AMU) : the activity includes a logical sequence of commands, all centering on single topic, such as ‘set the table’
3) ESP (English for specific purposes) : the activity has direct relevance to what Ss should be able to perform in the real world
- genre-based(text-based) pedagogy
4) corpus-based teaching : focus on naturally occuring words