EDU555 CURRICULUM AND

INSTRUCTION

WEEK
6

Syllabus Content
1) A statement of reason for offering the
course or subject
for whom it is intended,
what values it is likely to have for these
students, and
how it is related to other courses

Syllabus Content
2)What the educational objectives are
3)A statement or listing of the learning tasks
that are provided
4)A suggestion of the time probably
required to perform the tasks
successfully

Syllabus Content
5)The means that will be used to evaluate the
students performance
6)Other information necessary for the
particular course ore subject to guide
students in utilizing effectively the
resources available for their learning

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TYPES OF
SYLLABUSES
1) Structural, grammatical or linguistic
syllabus
- a collection of the forms and
structures i.e grammatical.
- centred around items such as tense, articles,
singular / plural

TYPES OF
SYLLABUSES
2) Notional syllabus or semanticonotional syllabus
- A collection of the notions that language
is used to express
- Organized around themes relating to broad
areas of meaning such as space, size,
time, colour etc

TYPES OF
SYLLABUSES
3) Functional syllabus
- A collection of the functions that are
performed when
language is used
- Focuses on the social functions of language as
the
central unit of organization
- invitations, requesting, apologies, suggestions

TYPES OF
SYLLABUSES
4) Situational
syllabus

TYPES OF
SYLLABUSES
5) Communicative approach
- Based on communication and negotiation in
the target language
- Various linguistic, thematic or functional
elements are selected

TYPES OF
SYLLABUSES
6) Eclectic approach
- Combination of two or more
syllabuses