Syllabuses and coursebooks

Fernando Rubio

Some questions ► Should the teacher be a course designer or just follow a coursebook?

► How many types of different syllabuses do you remember and which would work better for you?

► How do you know when you have a good course book?

Syllabus and curriculum design ► Syllabus design: Concerns the selection of items to be learnt and the grading of those items into an appropriate sentence.

syllabus

► Curriculum design: Also concerned with the planning, implementation, evaluation, management and administration of education programmes.

Usefulness Learnability Syllabus design criteria Frequency Coverage

grammar lexical Different syllabuses functional Topic-based situational Task-based

MULTISYLLABUS

Choosing a coursebook ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► ► Price Avilability Layout and design Instructions Methodology Syllabus type, selection and grading Language study activities Language skill activities Topics Cultural acceptability Usability Teacher ´ s guide

Coursebook or no coursebook?

► Benefits ► Restrictions