Week 2: Ms. Kang MC

1&2.

Syllabuses	Ways of organizing material	Examples
Structural	They focus on grammatical forms, esp. phonological and grammatical structures.	Unit. The passive: I made a chair. →A chair was made by me.(o) →A chair was made with me.(x)
Situational	They provide learners with situations to learn key expressions.	Unit. At school: I have a question. Be quiet, please. Can I go to etc.
Topical	Compared to situational syllabuses, they are organized by topics or themes.	Unit. Culture differences between American and Korean on marriage
Functional	They focus on semantic use, as well as sequences in organizing around language function.	Unit. Getting to know -Introduce, find something in common, and retell it to somebody.
Notional	They are organized by general notions: distance, duration, quantity, and so on.	Unit. Quantity Uncountable nouns; A loaf of bread/a cup of coffee/ a jar of jam etc Countable nouns: Apples, notebooks, chairs, etc
Skills-based	Learners need special skills to continue to learn the language.	Unit. How to skim in reading Key words → transition words → general idea
Task-based	By being given a task to learners to complete the activities, they learn the language.	Unit. To describe someone. When you hear the sentence, choose the best person. Ex) He has an oval face with brown hair. etc

3. Choose one syllabus and make a mini material for the syllabus.

Syllabus: Task-based syllabus targeting at elementary school students.

Aims: After learning how to introduce oneself, start a conversation with a foreign at a tourist attraction, esp. on special occasions; school trips or a picnic day. And exchange each other’s information, such as name, where they live, favorite things, and so forth.  

Procedure: first, I’ll show two pictures about being interviewed with Mexico students, when I visited there. These materials will be used for the importance of learning English.  

      

 Second, I’ll teach my students what we’re going to ask when we meet foreigners. An example is as follows:

  Hello, my name is (     ). I’m a Seogwipo elementary school student. My teacher gave me a task to interview with a foreigner. Can I interview you?

What is his or her name?
Where does he or she live?
What is his or her favorite thing?

Note that when they finish their interviews, teach them to say, “Thank you.”

Third, after this activity, next class, we’ll talk about the situations and I’ll give feedback to them.

 

 

 

 

Ms. Kang

 

I enjoyed the way you organized your answer in a table, which delivers clear information. Please keep up the good work. I thank you so much.