How to plan a logical syllabus aligned with the learning outcomes
Theory & presentation: IntroLanguage Syllabuses: ExamplesSyllabuses 1—4 for HW assignmentsHomework 9Study syllabuses 1—2 and answer the questions:
1 How might the overall goal of each course be formulated?
2 On what basis did the teachers organize their courses: What was the organizing principle or focus for each unit? On what basis are units sequenced?
3 What do you like about the way each teacher organized the course? Why? What don't you like? Why not? 4 Why are they so different?
Homework 10Study syllabuses 3—4 and answer the questions:
1 How might the overall goal of each course be formulated?
2 On what basis did each teacher organize the course:
What was the organizing principle or focus for each unit?
Within a unit, what are the language learning components? (e.g., vocabulary, grammar, four skills, communicative skills, cultural skills, etc.)
Within a unit, how are the language learning components organized?
3 What do you like about the way the teacher organized her course? Why? What don't you like? Why not?
Sequencing. Presentation 2SeminarGroupwork / pairworkDecide the order in which you would teach the items on the list in a way that makes sense:
A defining: writing about sleep problems
B comparing and contrasting: writing about a car purchase
C writing a memo: personal writing habits
D persuasive writing: writing about subcultures within societies
E classifying: writing about migrating to your community
F collecting and reporting data: consumer habits
G description and narrative: writing about personal success
Homework 11Decide the order in which you would teach the structures on the list in a way that makes sense:
A be going to
B present continuous tense
C subject pronouns
D yes/no questions
E special questions (with when, where, etc.)
F present tense of be
G subject questions
H there is/are
I present simple tense
J past tense of be
K count / non-count nouns
L modal verbs (can/'t, must/n't, should/n't)
M prepositions of place
