EDU555 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION

WEEK 6
 Syllabus Content
1) A statement of reason for offering the course or
subject
 for whom it is intended,
 what values it is likely to have for these students,
and
 how it is related to other courses
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2) What the educational objectives are

3) A statement or listing of the learning tasks that are

provided

4) A suggestion of the time probably required to

perform the tasks successfully
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5) The means that will be used to evaluate the students
performance

6) Other information necessary for the particular

course ore subject  to guide students in utilizing
effectively the resources available for their learning
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 TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
1) Structural, grammatical or linguistic syllabus
- a collection of the forms and structures i.e
grammatical.
- centred around items such as tense, articles, singular /
plural
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2) Notional syllabus or semantico-notional syllabus
- A collection of the notions that language is used to
express
- Organized around themes relating to broad areas of
meaning such as space, size, time, colour etc
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3) Functional syllabus
- A collection of the functions that are performed when
language is used
- Focuses on the social functions of language as the
central unit of organization
- invitations, requesting, apologies, suggestions
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4) Situational syllabus
 TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
5) Communicative approach
- Based on communication and negotiation in the target
language
- Various linguistic, thematic or functional elements are
selected
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6) Eclectic approach
- Combination of two or more syllabuses