QUESTIONS Flashcards
What are the approaches to course design?
Product- oriented
process-oriented
skill-centered
learner-centered
What are the compenents of a course?
Curriculum
Syllabus
Teaching materials
What is a curriculum and syllabus?
Curriculum is a general plan of an educational program
Curriculum includes:
Social factors
Objectives
Syllabus
Evaluation
Syllabus is the subpart of the curriculum. It specifies what to be taught, in what order, and how. It is linked to time, negotiable. States what is taught, but cannot organize what is learned. Different syllabuses can be related to the same curriculum
What are the principles and stages in syllabus design?
needs analysis
content specification
syllabus organization
What are the curriculum design processes?
Forward Design: The main aim is on the content of the lesson. Then process and then outcome
Central Design: The lesson is structured around methodology. The content and outcomes follow.
Backward Design: The focus is on the outcomes. content and process follow.
Syllabus Organization
Progress from known unknown matter
Appropriate size of teaching units
Variety of activities
Teachability
Creating a sense of purpose
What are the Syllabus Design Approaches and their Syllabus types?
Synthetic Approach: Structural Syllabus
Situational Syllabus
Functional Syllabus
Analytic Approach: Skill-Based
Topic-Based
Task-Based
Content-Based
Lexial
What are the formats of a syllabus?
1- Linear format
2- Cyclical format
3- Modular format
4- Matrix format
5-Story-line format
How to evaluate the teachability of a particular syllabus?
-In line with the curriculum
- Clearly and realistically state what the students should be able to do as a result of the instruction
- The syllabus type should lead to the aims.
-Easy to implement
- Maybe few adjustments
What are the teaching materials?
Course materials
Supplementary materials
Additional materials
What do you know about books? Advantages and qualities.
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Coursebook evaluation
1-Initial evaluation
2- Detailed evaluation
3- In-use evaluation
Objective Checklist for Coursebook evaluation
Practical consideration: the cover
text
size
price
accessability
supplementary materials
Content
Is the syllabus design appropriate
Is the language skills appropriate
are the subskills covered
are the topics interesting
Is the language authentic
Are there variety of text types
Tasks
content organization
visual aids
Vocabulary
vocab load reasonable?
simple to complex
recycled vocabulary
vocabulary presentation techniques
Structures
Methodology
What are the dimensions of a curriculum?
Input
Methodology
Syllabus
Process
Outcome
What are the criterias for the selection of lexical items?
Frequency
Authenticity
Teachability
Coverage
Similarity
What do you look for when ordering a content?
Simplicity
Regularity
Frequency
Contrastive difficulty
