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Learning Sources Jack C Richards Curriculum development in language teaching.pdf

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Chapter Chapter 4 “Situation Analysis”
Title/Topic
Pages 90-111
What did you learn • Context for language program are diverse
from this chapter?
(short description) • In some situation teachers are well trained and have time for
lesson planning
• In other situations, teachers may have little time for lesson
planning, thus teach straight from the textbook
• Ecah context for a curriculum change or hinder its successful
implementation
• Therefore, it is important to determine these factors when
planning a curriculum change
What information is DEFINITION
important to
remember? • Situation analysis is an analysis of factors in the context of a
planned or present curriculum project that is made in order to
asses their potential impact on the project. These factors may
be political, social, economic, or institutional. Situation
analysis complements the information gathered during needs
analysis
THE GOAL
• The goal of the situation analysis is to identify key factors that
might positively or negatively affect the implementation of a
curriculum plan. This is sometimes known as a SWOT
analysis because it involves an examination of “ a language
programs internal strengths and weakness in addition to
external opportunities and threats to the existence or successful
operation of the language program” ( Klinghammer 1997,65)
THE FUNCTION
 • Situation analysis serves to help identify potential obstacle to
implementing a curriculum project and factors that need to be
considered when planning the parameters of a project.
THE PROCEDURES
• Consultation
• Study analysis
• Observation
• Survey
• Review
EXAMPLE
• A team of foreign experts under contract to an international
funding body is given a contract to write a new series of
English textbooks for the state school system in an EFL
country. They base themselves in an attractive small town in a
rural setting and set up their writing project. They do a series
of interviews with educational official and teachers to
determine students language teaching and textbooks design to
produce an oral-based language course that reflects me
recommended language teaching methodology of the time-
Audio lingualism. Textbooks are developed and provided to
secondary schools at no cost and teachers are given the choice
of using the new books or their old outdated government
textbooks. After a period of initial enthusiasm, however, very
few teachers end up using the new course and most revert to
using the old government provided textbooks.
• The example illustrates the kinds of factors that can have an
impact of a curriculum project. This chapter will consider the
following factors:
1. Societal factors
2. Project factors
3. Institutional factors
4. Teacher factors
5. Learner factors
 6. Adoption factors
CONCLUSION
• Curriculum is changing in line with the challenging of
contemporary era. Curriculum as a set of education should be
prepared by considering some factors that influence the
curriculum itself. The goals of a project might need to be
modified to reflect the realities of the situation in which the
curriculum is implemented. Situation analysis thus serves to
help identify potential obstacle to implementing a curriculum
project and factors needed to be considered when planning
parameters of a project.
What do you need to I will read the pdf again or ask my friend and my lecturer for a better
do if you do not
answer.
understand about
this chapter?
What questions do • Why situational analysis is important?
you still have about “Situational analysis” helps develop a basis of understanding
this chapter? of the environment in which a plan is delivered. This can help
identify where the potential weaknesses in the plan are,
enabling responses to be developed if necessary before
irreparable damage is done.