Course : Applied Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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1. An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
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2. Approaches and Methods in Foreign Language Teaching
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3. The Object of Knowledge in Foreign Language Courses
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4. Foreign Language Knowledge and Course Planning
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5. Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design
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7. Focus on Learning and the Language Learner
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8. Recent Developments in Foreign Language Teaching Pedagogy
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6. View of Language Acquisition and Learning in Foreign Language Didactics
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1. An Introduction to Applied Linguistics
5. Foreign Language Curriculum and Syllabus Design
The purpose of this unit is to raise students’ awareness of the main features and purposes of curriculum and syllabus and how these relate. The presentation continues with an overview of the curriculum development process in the US, UK and Greece. The major focus of this unit is on the stages in language course design where issues such as needs analysis, means analysis and syllabus design are thoroughly discussed.
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Reader and Workbook
Further Readings
Bourke, J. M. (2006). Designing a topic-based syllabus for young learners. ELT journal, 60(3), 279-286.
Crombie, W. (1988). Syllabus and method: System or licence?. System, 16(3), 281-298.
McDevitt, B. (2004). Negotiating the syllabus: a win-win situation?. ELT journal,58(1), 3-9.
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