ELT MATERIALS

DEVELOPMENT
AND
EVALUATION
Course Code: 5121
 Outline
Aims
Group 2: Syllabus vs.
curriculum
Further discussion
 Aims

To distinguish between the

syllabus and curriculum
To practice designing curricula
and syllabuses
Group 2 presentation:
Syllabus vs. curriculum
 A Syllabus
overall organization of principle
for what is to be taught and
learned
outlines course + schedule of test
dates + assignments + grading
policy + classroom rules, etc.
often linked to time, and specifies
a starting point and an ultimate
goal
 Types of Syllabus
Where to find them?
Contents pages of published ELT
textbooks!
 Types of syllabus
1. grammatical / structural
2. functional-notional
3. situational
4. skills-based
5. topic-based
6. task-based
 Most syllabuses
Combination of two or more
types (primary and
secondary):
At the bank: question
forms
At a garage: imperatives

At a hotel: present perfect

 Example
situational and topic-based
syllabuses:
a grammatical point to be taught
linked to an interesting theme or
practised in a real-world setting
 Multi-layered
several different principles
(ideally) interwoven in a
systematic way:
Talking about holidays
Requesting information

Question forms

At the travel agent

Listening and role play

Intonation practice
Syllabus vs. syllabus
inventory
Inventory: list of contents to be covered
in language programme (e.g.: functional,
grammatical items, skills, of topics or
situations)
Syllabus: way that content is organized
and broken down into a set of teachable
and learnable units (with consideration of
pacing, sequencing and grading of items,
methods of presentation and practice, etc.)
 Curricula
In formal education:
planned interaction of pupils
with instructional content,
materials, resources, and
processes for evaluating
attainment of educational
objectives
 A curriculum
Entire program by a class, school,
district, state, country
Outlines skills, performances,
attitudes, values learned from school
Includes desired outcomes, materials
descriptions, planned sequence to
achieve outcomes
Contains course content (i.e. syllabus),
methods employed, norms and values
related to way school is organized
 A curriculum = A
system
national curriculum
an institution
school curriculum
an individual school (e.g.
school geography
curriculum)
 Broad distinction
syllabus refers to content / subject
matter of a subject, list of topics to
be taught
curriculum refers to totality of
content taught and aims to be
realized within one school /
educational system
-> syllabus is subordinate to
curriculum
REFLECTION 5
MINUTES
What have I
learned today?
 Reflection
Think of the textbooks + teaching
materials which you are currently using at
your school / university / institution;
How are the activities in those
books/materials designed?
Related to which methods?
Suitable with which learning styles?
Any suggestions for improvement?

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