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Week 1
Pedagogical design
Syllabus value
A syllabus is a detailed plan of the course which clearly communicates learning goals and outcomes, presents types of assignments and teaching philosophy to students.
Presentation
Home assignment
Read the review of major language syllabus types (pp. 17–42, the link is below):
  • Grammatical
  • Notional-functional
  • Lexical
  • Task-based
  • Content-based
1 What are their advantages and disadvantages?
2 Which of them have you encountered in your practice (as a learner or teacher)?
3 Which of them would be the most useful for courses you are teaching or planning to launch?
4 Do you know any other language syllabus types?

Read the review
To understand how the syllabus types reflect the history of the main approaches to ELT you may use this book (chapters 2–4, 12–14, 17–18).