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Syllabus Design and Material Development

This syllabus is for a 3 credit hour course on designing and developing materials for language teaching. The course objectives are to introduce students to evaluating and designing language syllabi and developing instructional materials. Over the 15 week semester, topics will include different types of syllabi, needs analysis, selecting and adapting materials, and principles of effective materials development. Students will learn to design their own language syllabus and evaluate materials for teaching. Recommended texts include books on language curriculum design, syllabus design, and developing materials for language teaching.

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Syllabus Design and Material Development

This syllabus is for a 3 credit hour course on designing and developing materials for language teaching. The course objectives are to introduce students to evaluating and designing language syllabi and developing instructional materials. Over the 15 week semester, topics will include different types of syllabi, needs analysis, selecting and adapting materials, and principles of effective materials development. Students will learn to design their own language syllabus and evaluate materials for teaching. Recommended texts include books on language curriculum design, syllabus design, and developing materials for language teaching.

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  • Course Outline
  • Recommended Readings

Course Title SYLLABUS DESIGNING AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT

Course Code ENG-486


Credit Hours (3 0 3)
Pre-requisite None
Objectives  To introduce students to the
 principles, processes, and practices of evaluating and
 designing a language syllabus and
 developing materials for language teaching.
Outcomes  To demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles, processes, and
practices of evaluating and designing a language syllabus and
developing instructional materials.
 To have the ability to design a language syllabus for a language
skills course of their own choice and to evaluate and choose
materials for teaching.
Contents Weeks Topics
1st  Defining Syllabus and the Scope of Syllabus Design
2nd  Basic Concepts: Curriculum, Course, and Syllabus—
Differences and Similarities
3 rd
 Types of Syllabi and their Strengths and Weaknesses
4 th
 Components of Syllabus: Course Description, Goals, and
Objectives
5 th
 Curriculum and Course Development Processes
6 th
 Models of Curriculum Design/Development
7 th
 Conducting Environment and Needs Analysis
8th  Conducting Environment and Needs Analysis
(Continued)
9 th
 Principles Guiding Materials Selection, Adoption, and
Adaptation
10 th
 Designing No-cost, Low-Cost Materials for Language
Teaching
11th  Materials Development: What is Materials Development?
12th  Materials Development: What is Materials Development?
(Continued)
13th  Principles of Effective Materials Development
14th  Product-oriented syllabuses
15 th
 Process-oriented syllabuses
Recommende 1. Nation, I. S. P., & Macalister, J. (2010). Language Curriculum
d Texts
Design. New York: Routledge.
2. Nunan, D. (1988). Syllabus Design. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
3. Tomlinson, B. (2013). Developing Materials for Language
Teaching. Bloomsbury.
4. Faravani, A., Zeraatpishe, M., Azarnoosh, M., &Kargozari, H. R.,
(Eds.). (2018). Issues in Syllabus Design. Rotterdam: Sense
Publishers

Additional Readings:

1. Brown, J. D. (1995a). Figure 1.2. Systematic approach to designing


and maintaining language
2. curriculum. In The elements of language curriculum: A systematic
approach to program development (p.20). Boston: Heinle&Heinle.
3. Brown, J. D. (1995b). Ways of organizing: Syllabuses. In The
elements of language curriculum: A systematic approach to
program development (pp. 6–14). Boston: Heinle&Heinle.
4. Graves, K. (1996). Table 1: Framework components. In K. Graves
(Ed.), Teachers as course developers (p. 13). New York:
Cambridge University Press.
5. Graves, K. (2008). The language curriculum: A social contextual
perspective. Language Teaching, 41(2), 147-181.
6. Nation, P. (2000). Designing and improving a language course.
English Teaching Forum, 38(4), 2–11.
7. Nunan, D. (1989). Hidden agendas: The role of the learner in
program implementation. In R. K. Johnson (Ed.), The second
language curriculum (pp. 176–186). NY: Cambridge University
Press.

Course Title SYLLABUS DESIGNING AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT Course Code ENG-486 Credit Hours (3 0 3) Pre-requisite None Obj
3. Tomlinson, B. (2013). Developing Materials for Language Teaching. Bloomsbury. 4. Faravani, A., Zeraatpishe, M., Azarnoosh

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