syllabus design

Chapter 1

Syllabus Design to Curriculum Development

1.     The origins of language curriculum development.

The focus in this chapter is talking about process involvement in developing, implementing and evaluating language program. The teachers as a planner have to invest into planning language course, preparing teaching material and teaching in the classes. The goal of this chapter is to provide some of the tools for the process of review and reflection through surveying approach to language curriculum development and examining ways of addressing in developing and evaluating language program and language teaching materials, by the framework as follows:

a.  What procedures can be used to determine the content of language program?

b.  What are leaner needs? And how can to determine?

c.  What contextual factors need to be considered in planning?

d.  What factors are involved in planning the syllabus?

e.  What issues are involved in selecting, adapting, and designing instructional material?

f.  How can one measure the effectiveness of a language program?

Syllabus design is one aspect of curriculum development. A syllabus is a specification of the content of a course of instruction. Syllabus design is the process of developing a program that consists of a plan and the objectives.

2.  From syllabus design to curriculum development

Syllabus design is as a planning to curriculum development that needs supported factor for a practical command of English for people in many parts of the world. Rather than an academic mastery of the language as one might acquire in a typical school course.

A.    The scope of syllabus design

In language teaching, there has been a comparative neglect of systematic curriculum development. Language curriculum specialist has tended to focus on only part of the total picture, some specializing in syllabus design, others in methodology and others in assignment and evaluation. Syllabus on the other hand is more localized and is based on account and records of what actually happens at the class level as a teachers and learners apply a given curriculum to their own situation.

a. A general curriculum model

b. Defining syllabus

c. The rules of the classroom teacher

d. Conclusion

Examine the following planning task and decide on the order might be :

• Monitoring and assessing student progress
• Selecting suitable materials
• Stating the objectives of the course
• Evaluating the course
• Listing grammatical and functional components
• Designing learning activities and task
• Instructing students
• Identifying topics, themes, and situations.

B.     Objectives and conclusion   

By the above reference, we hope that can give more information about, we know what need the tool to be prepared or provided, understanding how to design the learning process such as class venue to recommended and  to achieving the aims in learning process properly as the learners needs.