SYLLABUS DESIGN

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What is Syllabus design?
Syllabus design can be defined as selection
and organiation of instructional content
including suggested strategy for
!resenting content and e"aluation
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W*A+ IS ,-./E+EN,E0BASED
SYLLABUS
,o1!etence0based syllabus is si1ilar to
s2ill0based syllabus #in language teaching)
$hich defines $hat a learner is able to do
#in ter1s of s!ecific s2ills) as result of
instruction3 ,o1!etencies #or s2ills) here
refers to obser"able beha"iors that are
necessary for the successful co1!letion of
real0$orld acti"ities #4ichards% 566&)3
+y!es of syllabus

Structural syllabus

Situational syllabus

+o!ical syllabus

7unctional syllabus

S2ills syllabus

+as2 or acti"ity based syllabus

Notional syllabus

,o1!etence0based syllabus
SYLLABUS ,-./-NEN+S

co1!etency standards

basic co1!etencies

Indicators

Instructional 1aterials

+eaching and learning acti"ities

Assess1ent

+i1e allocation

.edia and sources

7unction of syllabus
&) Establishes an Early Point of Contact
and Connection Between Student and
Instructor
5) Helps Set the Tone for Your Course
8) Describes Your Beliefs About
Educational Purposes
9) Acquaints Students with the o!istics
of the Course
"# Contains Collected Handouts
$# Defines Student %esponsibilities for
Successful Course &or'
(# Describes Acti)e earnin!
*# Helps Students to Assess Their
%eadiness for Your Course
+# Sets the Course in a Broader Conte,t for
earnin!
-.# Pro)ides a Conceptual /ra0ewor'
--# Describes A)ailable earnin! %esources
-1# Co00unicates the %ole of Technolo!y
in the Course
-2# Can E,pand to Pro)ide Difficult3to3
4btain %eadin! 5aterials
-6# Can I0pro)e the Effecti)eness of
Student 7ote Ta'in!
-"# Can Include 5aterial that Supports
earnin! 4utside the Classroo0
-$# Can Ser)e as a earnin! Contract
W*- DE:EL-/ SYLLABUS?

A grou! of teachers in one school

National ,ouncil of +eachers of English

#.G./)

,urriculu1 de"elo!er and other related

resource !ersons

Su!er"isor
W*Y SYLLABUS .US+ BE
DE:EL-/ED?

+o address students; needs

+o actualie the institutional goals and

ob<ecti"es

+o de"elo! content standard #standard

co1!etencies and basic co1!etencies into
teachable 1aterials used in teaching and
learning !rocess in related schools

to e=ui! students $ith the nature of a course%

contents of the course% !olicies and
!rocedures and logistics3
+he ste!s in de"elo!ing syllabus>
A3 /lanning and S!ecification stage>
B3 Disse1ination and I1!le1entation stage>
,3 E"aluation and 4e"ision Stage
*-W +- DE:EL-/
SYLLABUS?
A

Identify e?isting content standard%

resourceful 1aterials% and te?tboo2s

Use the infor1ation collected through

needs analysis related to students;
bac2ground 2no$ledge and e?!ectation

Identify co1!etencies gi"en in the content

standard #co1!etence standard and basic
co1!etencies@SA AD)

Identify contents in basic co1!etencies

#instructional contents and co1!etencies)
B

Analye core contents% using Blearning tas2 analysis;% to

identify both gra11atical ele1ents@te?tual 1eanings and
Ideational 1eanings #1ain ideas% su!!orting ideas etc3) by
considering> three learning do1ains as suggested in the goals
of teaching English #cogniti"e@intellectual s2ills% !sycho01otor%
and affecti"e do1ains)C su!!orting co1!etencies% e3g3
linguistic% socio0cultural% and discourse co1!etencies
e?!licitly or i1!licitly co"ered in instructional content
1andated in AD@basic co1!etencies students; !rior
2no$ledge and s2ills # use infor1ation collected through need
analysis) the e?isting learning resources including teacher;s
co1!etencies

Decide e"aluation tools by considering the for1ulated

indicators

Deter1ine ti1e allocation by considering% indicators% 1aterial

co"erage% students;!rior 2no$ledge@le"el% etc3

Deter1ine learning resources used

B3 Disse1ination and I1!le1entation stage>

De"elo! testing #eg3 /re0test% 7or1ati"e

test% and Achie"e1ent test)

De"elo! teaching 1aterials

+rain teachers or socialie the syllabus

and its co1!onents

,onduct on0going e"aluation of the

!rogra1 i1!le1entation
,3 E"aluation and 4e"ision Stage
E"aluation is conducted by a tea1 of
curriculu1 de"elo!1ent or related e?!erts
+he result of e"aluation is used to
reconstruct the syllabus