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

Syllabus Content
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

Syllabus Content
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

TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
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

TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
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

TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
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

TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
6) Eclectic approach
- Combination of two or more syllabuses