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Types of syllabuses

Step 1. Diagnosis of needs

Step 2. Formulation of objectives

Step 3. Selection of content

Step 4. Organization of content

Step 5. Selection of learning experiences

Step 6. Organization of learning experiences

Step 7. Determination of what to evaluate, and the means to evaluate

How to design syllabuses

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Types of syllabuses

Public document

Contents:

•Needs, objectives

•Info on learners

•Timing

•Teaching/learning content

•Approaches , methods, techniques 

•Teaching aids, materials

•Forms of evaluation

•Course requirements

Syllabus 

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Types of syllabuses

Structural syllabus  

focuses on grammatical notions

 

of simplicity and complexity, 
focusing only on formal grammar.

Functional-notional syllabus  

(1970s) focuses on 

communicative skills
rather than language per se 

Procedural and task-based syllabus 

focuses on classroom activities

that stimulate internal
 learning processes. 

3 major 
types

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Types of syllabuses

Lexical syllabus

Grammatical-lexical syllabus

Functional syllabus

Notional syllabus  

Task-based syllabus

Coursebook-based syllabus

Process syllabus

Spiral syllabus

Linear syllabus

Types

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Concepts of Methodology

Spiral syllabus                                          

P. 

Strevens’ Model 

T1a

T2a

T3a

T1b

T4b

T3b

T4a

T1c

T2b

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Concepts of Methodology

Linear syllabus                                       

P. 

Strevens’ Model 

T2

T3

T1

T4