Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Units

4. Foreign Language Knowledge... 6. Views of Language Acquisiti...
5. Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design

Design

  • What is a curriculum?
  • What is a syllabus?
  • Defining characteristics of syllabi.
  • Organising principles of syllabi.
  • International perspectives on curriculum development and the Greek case.
  • The new Integrated Foreign Languages Curriculum.
  • Steps in designing a course.
  • Expressing objectives.
  • A priori and a posteriori syllabi.
Tags: curriculum, syllabus, course, stages in course design, needs analysis, means analysis, syllabus design, a priori syllabi, a posteriori syllabi

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Unit 5: Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design (PDF)
Unit 5: Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design (DOC)

 

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Unit 5: Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design

 

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Unit 5: Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design (PDF)
Unit 5: Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design (DOC)