An Overview
Tyler Wheeler Beauchamp Hunkins Campel Nation & Macalister
Sources for Aims Specifying aims Selecting content Organizing content evaluation
Ends, Goals, Aims, Objectives Selecting Edu experiences Selecting content Integrating experiences and content evaluation
Input Edu principles- Society - participants Experiences – subject matter- values processes Selecting course developers – identifying aims Procedures- reviewing – evaluation output Course components K.S.A
Concepts and philosophical bases diagnosis Selecting content Selecting experiences Piloting course evaluation Modification
1- examine environment 2- assess needs 3- decide on principles 4- set goals, and choose sequence content 5- design the lesson format 6- include assessment procedures 7- evaluate the course
Some perspectives p. 4 Examples of unsuccessful course design: 1- Vietnamese and grammar 2- Agriculture students and reading 3- Simon says and conversation
Necessities Lacks Wants
Make use of research in: linguistics Applied linguistics Comparative / contrastive linguistics Error analysis Psycholinguistics Lexicography Curriculum studies
Goals Aims Ends Targets Purposes Objectives
Imp. Lists: Vocabulary lists Verb frequency lists Functions and topics lists Subskills and strategies lists Tasks and themes lists
Lessons Units Modules Recycling reviews Spiral lessons Echoing units
Testing for gathering information Achievement tests Proficiency tests Placement tests
What makes a course “good”? Number of Ss Money Satisfaction of Ss Satisfaction of Ts Satisfaction of sponsors High scores Up-to-date Conforms with society