APPLIED LINGUISTICS for BA Students in English
PLANNING
General principles of syllabus design
Planning a syllabus
A model plan of syllabus design should contain the following:
1. the general aims and specific objectives of the course (in terms of student learning)
2. the organization of the course
a. the number of hours per week, the total number of lessons
b. interrelationship with other course components
3. the outline of content – the topic headings covered weekly
4. methodology used (general indication of balance of lecture/class activity, amount
of student participation)
5. teaching materials
a. main course books followed
b. supplementary readings
c. worksheets, audio-visual materials
6. student assessment
a. requirements students are to meet
b. assignments and test papers during the course
c. end-of-the-course test or exam
7. course evaluation: methods used to evaluate the success of the course against the aims
and objectives, e.g. by obtaining student feed-back etc.
