UNIVERSIDAD CENTROAMERICANA

UCA
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Course Syllabus Design

Students: Wilfran Miguel Rodríguez.

Jordy Alexander Téllez.

Subject: Curriculum Design II

Professor: Ramon Bermudez

Major: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Institution: Centro Educativo Divino Niño.

Subject: English

Curriculum Classification: Eclectic or mixed.

This syllabus is an eclectic one because it combines elements of all syllabus types
so that each lesson or series of lessons focuses on different aspects of what is to
be learnt (Nunan, D. 1988, p. 3). Moreover, the methodology that serves this
syllabus is an eclectic methodology because it combines many methodologies that
may help for delivering the appropriate activities for a meaningful learning process.
Up next, we present the methodologies chosen for this syllabus:

1. Direct Method
a. Getting Students to Self-correct.
b. Use the Target Language Only.
2. Audio-Lingual Method
a. Dialogue Memorization.
b. Repetition and Chain Drill.
c. Single-slot Substitution Drill, Multiple-slot Substitution Drill,
Transformation Drill and Question-and-answer Drill.
3. Total Physical Response (TPR)
a. Using Commands to Direct Behavior.
b. Action Sequence.
4. Desuggestopedia
a. Classroom Setup.
b. Choose a New Identity.

It is also recommended that in certain units there will be activities that students
needs to bring to the classroom some materials for its development, so pay
attention on the units that will require these types of materials.
 Unit Objectives Language Language Distribution of Assessment Time
Functions Form Content

1. Introduci Vocabulary: 1. Personal 1. Make a 6h in

Unit 1: At the end ng 1. Formal way: information. drawing classr
Introd of this unit themselv Hello, 2. Occupations representing oom
ucing students will es. and
in be able to 2. Greeting goodbye, 3. Abilities. how they are
30
Englis demonstrat formally Nice to meet 4. Family and fill in the
min
h e their and you, good members. blank spaces
self-
ability to informall morning, 5. Emotions. personal study.
greet each y how are you, 6. Possessions information.
other in 3. Ask it is a .
English. polite 2. Students
pleasure, 7. Countries &
question will introduce
good Nationalities.
4. Answer
evening, 8. Numbers themselves in
polite
answers. good night, ordinal and front of the
5. Share please. cardinals. classroom
ideas 2. Informal: Hi, 9. Hobbies. and the
about what’s up, teacher will
hobbies. how you assess the
6. Expressi
doing? Are performance
ng
abilities. you ok? of the
7. Talk 3. Wh- students.
about Questions:
possessi what, where, 3. Students
ons who, why, will have a
8. Describe short greeting
when, how.
feelings conversation
and
Grammar: in pairs, they
emotions
. will choose
1. To be in the partner
present. they want to
2. Questions work with.
with: how,
what, where.
3. Simple
present.
4. Possessive
nouns and
adjectives.
5. Can/can’t for
 ability.
6. Possessive
pronoun.
7. Articles a/an.

Adjectives:
nice, good, bad,
happy, sad,
tired, hungry,
bored, angry,
upset, big,
small, great,
awful.

Hobbies:
Playing soccer,
playing
basketball,
playing
volleyball,
playing
baseball, hang
out with friends,
watching
movies,
shopping,
walking in the
forest, going to
concerts, to help
my parents at
home, going to
church, selling.

Adverbs of
Frequency:
Always, Usually,
normally, often,
sometimes,
occasionally,
seldom, hardly
ever, rarely,
 never.

Pronunciation:
TH sounds
/dz/, /θ/ & [ð],
difference
between the /r/
sounds in their
mother tongue
(Spanish) from
the target
language
(English),
stressed words.
At the end 1. Describe Vocabulary: 1. Clothes. 1. Students 6h
Unit 2: of this unit clothes. 1. Sizes: 2. Colors will draw classr
students will 2. Describe Small, and different oom
Clothe and
be able to appeara Medium, sizes. types of
35min
s think about nce. Large, Extra- 3. Fashion clothes
self-
and 3. Give and large. week. and paint
study.
describe accept 2. Cardinal 4. Buying with their
various complim numbers. clothes in favorite
types of ents. 3. Colors: stores. colors.
clothes. red, orange, 2. Students
yellow, will draw
green, blue, different
violet, types of
purple, pink, clothes
silver, gold, and paint
beige, with their
brown, favorite
grey/gray, colors.
black, white.
4. Wh-
Questions:
what, where,
who, why,
when, how.
5. Types of
Clothes:
Shirt, t-shirt,
blouse, coat,
 dress, suit,
jeans,
shorts,
boots,
sweater,
jacket, suit,
heels, belt,
cap, scarf,
gloves, flip-
flops.
Grammar:
1. Present
continuous.
2. The use of
the verb “Be”
3. Modal Verbs
of
Permission:
can, could,
may, might.
4. Simple
present
tense.
5. Affirmative
and negative
statements.
6. Adjective
placement.
7. Describing
people.
Adjectives:

Big, small,
large, medium,
expensive,
cheap,
comfortable,
uncomfortable.

Pronunciation:
TH sounds
/dz/, /θ/ & [ð],
difference
between the /r/
sounds in their
mother tongue
(Spanish) from
the target
language
(English),
stressed words.