GUIDELINES FOR FINAL ASSIGNMENT: PREPARING AN ENGLISH COURSE

(Post Graduate Program of English Education)

Instructions:
The work should be computerized
Use your imagination; you do not need to have real data, as long it is logical and
coherence.
Submit at the end of Course (at the middle of December, 2015)

Title:…….,

Overview/Rational (what is the course about)

Describe general plan of designing English Teaching Program based on your topic.
Describe who is the learners, why they want to learn English, how long the course will take
place; explain the general material and activities; Describe target need of the learners
briefly, etc.

Identify learners’ need

Necessity: demand of the target situation

Lack, what the learners know and what the learners have not known

and want; (e.g.: wanting to talk on the telephone, need to be able to survive, need to write
business letter, to be medical works, doctors, nurses, etc)

Identify situation (who are the learners; who is the teacher, learning situation (Class,
facility. etc)

Decide/select the theoretical view of language and language learning as the basis of making
syllabus and mention the reason why the theory is used.

Identify learners’ target situation (for example: for study, for work, how, what
will the language be used; who will the learner use language with.

Analyzing learning need; why are the learners taking the course

How do the learners learn

Formulate Goal (general)

Formulate Objectives (specific)

Create syllabus (look at the book of Hutchinson page 86 or Richard, what type of
syllabus will be used, one type or combination, and why; briefly describe the
syllabus)

Design materials to exemplify syllabus items; it can be in form of units, with the
specific objectives, activities (methods); illustrate the sample of material (look at
example at Hutchinson’ book page 112-118 and 134 or Richard, and give example
of tasks to focus on skill
Establish evaluation procedures which require the use of skills, mention the type
of test, and give examples.