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Proficiency-Based Curriculum Design: Principles Derived from Government Experience.

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Lowe, Pardee, Jr. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1985

Describes principles for designing a proficiency-based course to prepare students for the ACTFL/ETS Advanced Plus/Superior level according to Interagency Language Roundtable guidelines. Proposes ways to combine grammatical and "functional/notional" syllabuses with a proficiency approach. Examines the implications of these principles for…

Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Grammar

The Foreign Language Syllabus--Grammar, Notions and Functions.

Saltarelli, Mario, Ed. – Studies in Language Learning, 1983

Papers in this journal issue concern various aspects of foreign language syllabus construction. Titles and authors are: "The Threshold Level: A Notional-Functional Syllabus" (Barbara F. Matthies); "Functions of Grammar in a Language Teaching Syllabus" (William E. Rutherford); "Communicative and Grammatical Syllabuses to…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives