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Harding, Ann – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1977
Outlines the goals and content of the syllabus aimed at developing reading and listening comprehension in a beginners' course in German. Types of written and spoken texts; language register used; language structure patterns desired; lexis and vocabulary; and language function are discussed as they are included in the syllabus. (CHK)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, German
Sachsenmeier, Peter, Ed.; And Others – 1979
This course in language curriculum development has five units: (1) Language situations and policies in Africa; (2) Preparing objectives for language curriculum development; (3) Selecting and preparing materials for language curriculum development; (4) Implementing language curriculum programmes; and (5) Evaluation and renewing language curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Planning
Lee, W. R. – 1978
The term "syllabus" usually refers to an outline statement of what is to be taught and learned in a particular course. Among the several types of statements for language-teaching syllabuses are the grammatical, notional, and situational. These statements are not in themselves syllabuses but can be called pre-syllabuses. A grammatical…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Grammar
Download full textRussell, C. V. – Didaskalos, 1965
This article explores the question of whether language teachers are capable of ascertaining student acquisition of grammatical rules when the lesson is taught orally. Oral fluency is seen as the foundation of the language process,and a distinction is made between productive and reproductive speech. Frequent use of examples illustrates linguistic…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Grammar
PDF pending restorationMackay, Ronald – Edutec, 1975
The aim of this article is to explain what the term "languages for special purposes" means and what it does not mean, to outline the rationale for such a branch of language teaching and to indcate some of the problems it poses for syllabus planners and course designers. Four principal types of problems and considerations are identified and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Wilkins, D. A. – 1973
Every individual's needs will differ, and a unit/credit system must be designed with sufficient flexibility to ensure that whatever the individual's interest in language learning, the system caters to it. The thesis of this paper is that, while a grammatical approach to language teaching cannot cater to it, a communicative approach can. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conferences, Course Content
