Difference between Syllabus

and Curriculum
Curriculum
• Curriculum is wider term as
compared with syllabus.
• Curriculum covers all the Syllabus
activities and arrangements
made by the institution Scheme of
• Syllabus is limited to a work
particular subject of a
particular class. Lesson
plan
 Structural
approach

Product-oriented Situational
approach

Functional
approach
Types of syllabi
Task-based
approach

Process-oriented Proportional
approach

Learner-led
syllabus
 Product Oriented
• A list of grammatical structure, leading
STRUCTURAL/ to an understanding of the grammatical
GRAMMAR system
• Main organising foundation

• Relates to situational contexts

• Principle – teach language that occurs
SITUATIONAL in situations
• E.g.: seeing dentist, meeting new
people

• Emphasizes on communication
FUNCTIONAL purpose & conceptual meaning of
language
• E.g.: requesting , offering, agreeing
 Process Oriented
• Use tasks and activities to encourage
students to utilize language.
TASK-BASED • Task – relevant to real world,
meaningful

• Based on learners’ personality and

experiences
LEARNER- LED • Learners – be involved in the
implementation of the syllabus design
as far as possible

• To develop overall competence –

PROPORTIONAL improve basic skills
• Syllabus – dynamic, not static to get
feedback and flexibility
 Language Activities
Language activities (games)

LINGUISTICS COMMUNICATIVE
Hadfield (1999)

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

• promotes active • noise

learning • class control
• motivation • timing
 Sorting,
ordering
and
arranging Information
Board gap

Exchanging Types of Guessing

language
games
Labeling Search

Role-
Matching play
 Benefits Of Test In
Language Teaching
• Tests are very useful instruments that
have the power to inform and influence
 Functions Of Tests
FEEDBACK FUNCTION
• improves the teaching and learning for both teachers and
students

ASSESSMENT FUNCTION

• focuses on the result of language teaching

BACKWASH FUNCTION
• assesses whether the teaching goal is appropriate, valid
and to what degree it has been achieved
 Language Testing
• VALIDITY refers to the degree to which a test
measures what it is intended to measure.

• RELIABILITY refers to whether a test produces the

consistent results when given to the same
candidates twice in succession.

• EFFICIENCY involves questions of economy, ease

of administration, scoring, and interpretation of
results.
 The Discrete
Point Test

The Diagnosis The Integrative

Test Test

Types of
language
The
Aptitude testing The
Test Communicative
Test

The Proficiency
The Achievement
Test
Test
REFERENCES
• Charles E. Townsend
Princeton University (phoenix.princeton.edu)
Topic: Linguistics and Language Teaching
• Communicative Language Teaching:
Linguistic Theory and Classroom Practice
SANDRA J. SAVIGNON

• Relation between Linguistics & Language Teaching.pdf

• Linguistics and Language Teaching.ppt