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Peer reviewedMcKay, Sandra Lee – Modern Language Journal, 1980
Compares three major types of syllabi--structural, situational, and notional--to determine how the last differs from the others. For each, the author examines its focus, its basis for selecting and ordering materials, and its typical manner of presentation. Discusses in considerable detail macro- and microstrategies consistent with the notional…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Instructional Materials, Language Styles
Peer reviewedCook, Vivian J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1985
Discusses issues in functional approaches to language teaching and describes two experiments on the social factors involved in the language functions of requesting, thanking, greeting, and taking leave. Considers what the data from the experiments mean for second-language learning and teaching in terms of syllabus design and teaching techniques.…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Design, Interaction, Notional Functional Syllabi
Finocchiaro, Mary – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1979
This article discusses the value of the notional-functional approach to language teaching and considers some sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic features of the notional-functional syllabus. (CFM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Yalden, Janice – SPEAQ Journal, 1979
Reviews Wilkins' approach to curriculum design as presented in his "Notional Syllabuses." Discusses three components of the language teaching-language learning process: the semantic, the functional, and the formal component, showing how Wilkins' analytic approach implies a semantic rather than a grammatical syllabus, based on learners'…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Educational Theories
Peer reviewedFox, James – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
This paper traces the development of a function-based module, TELEFUN, produced to teach telephone English to Francophone public servants in Canada. Telephone discourse is analyzed, and a number of techniques, including Function Frames and Function Dials, are described. (CFM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Discourse Analysis
Download full textEichman, Thomas Lee – 1981
This paper reviews the application of notional syllabuses and structural curricula to intensive ESL programs. It is suggested that a communicative or functional or functional-notional syllabus must not be viewed in contrast to a structural or grammatical syllabus. Functional notions are necessary inclusions into the class and into texts, but…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design
Ervin, Gerard L., Ed. – 1981
Papers in this volume on individualized instruction in foreign languages include: (1) "Individualized Instruction and 'Back to Basics': Are They Compatible?" by Howard B. Altman; (2) "Individualized Instruction in French at Northwestern University" by Margaret Sinclair Breslin; (3) "An Individualized French Program for…
Descriptors: African Languages, Arabic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conversational Language Courses
