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Curriculum design for reading and writing courses
1. Is needs analysis always important?
Yes, if it's an ESP course
According to Long (2005), the output of the needs analysis will be the input to syllabus design.
EFL/ESL courses can be designed without NA
2. Independent skill or integrated syllabus?
Independent
, if learners are already fluent in other skills. It depends on NA and learners' weaknesses
Integrated:
Focuses on basic skills, content, and higher-level thinking.
Provides a deeper understanding of content.
Encourages active participation in relevant real-life experiences.
Provides connections among various curricular disciplines
3. What is the best way to collect data?
Personal interviews
gives more detailed data
in-depth interviews help to gather specific information regarding the curriculum practices
better understanding and exploring research subjects' opinions, behaviour, experiences, phenomenon
Questionnaires
provide a relatively cheap, quick and efficient way of obtaining large amounts of information from a large sample of people.
Students can self-report
Time-saving
4. How to decide upon the Approach?
Learners’ needs and necessities play primary importance- PBL matches learners' needs
PBL provides meaningful reading activities, trigger reading motivation and engagement.
In order to developing writing curricula, there five multidimensional approaches are
used:
Composing processes
Genres or text types
Text functions or structures
Topical themes
Personal, creative expressions
Instead of PBL, knowing text types or how to express the personal expressions in writing are very helpful in order to give the learners an opportunity to express their own perspective to the writing assignments.
6. Content - based or language - based instruction or both?
Content based instruction is best in teaching reading
A vehicle for prompting language learning.
learning language in content provides learners with authentic materials that are very crucial in both ESP and ESL classes.
Language-based instruction is the best option to develop writing class.
students can learn how to structure the sentences, use the correct grammar and learn the use of punctuation
7. Competency-based assessment or a diverse array of assessment
Diversity of assessment is preferable in ESP courses
Speaking tests
Vocabulary tests
Quizzes
role-plays
Task-based projects
Two types of assessment for designing a writing course
General - purpose oriented
allows for a wide range of possible achievements among students
language and style
self-confidence
expressive abilities
acculturation
Specific-purpose oriented
clear criteria and methods for establishing whether students had achieved the intended objectives of their syllabi
