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Chapter 1: Language Curriculum Design - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 1:
Language Curriculum Design
Outer Circle
(Context/Guidance):
Needs Analysis
Necessities:
What the learner must know to function effectively.
Lacks:
The difference between what is known and what needs to be known.
Wants:
What the learners feel they need.
Following Principles
Learning Theory:
Importance of repetition and thought processing.
Linguistic Research:
Sequencing semantically and formally related items.
Learner Factors:
Individual differences, style, and attitudes.
Environment Analysis
Teachers:
Experience, training, skills, time constraints.
Teaching Situation:
Availability of resources, class size, amount of time available, institutional rules.
Learners:
Age, proficiency, motivation, background knowledge.
Evaluation
Attracts
students and is
financially
viable.
Satisfies
learners, teachers, and sponsors.
Helps
learners gain high scores or
achieve results
.
Follows accepted
principles
of curriculum design.
Inner Circle
(Execution):
Finding a Format and Presenting Material
Learner Requirements:
Meeting the needs established in the Needs Analysis.
Clarity and Practicality:
Easy for teachers to teach and learners to follow.
Fluency vs. Accuracy:
Balancing time given to these aspects.
Monitoring and Assessing
Proficiency Tests:
Measure a learner's general level of language knowledge.
Achievement Tests:
Measure what has been taught/learned in the specific course.
Short-term:
End of lesson/unit.
Large/Mid-term:
End of a course or semester.
Placement/Diagnostic Tests:
Used to stream students or identify particular gaps in knowledge.
Content and Sequencing
(The Syllabus)
Content
Frequency Lists:
Vocabulary and grammar based on occurrence.
Skills/Subskills:
Focusing on the elements of language.
Topics/Themes:
Content-based selection.
Sequencing
Linear:
Items taught once and checked off.
Modular:
Self-contained units.
Cyclical:
Items are repeated and revisited throughout the course.
Center
Goals:
The crucial decision that determines the focus of presentation and assessment.