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Dr. Antar Abdellah 1431. English Language Curricula. Course outline. WHAT : Studying English language curricula in general Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Identifying the meaning of curriculum and its components Analyzing Language curricula
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Dr. AntarAbdellah 1431 English Language Curricula
Course outline • WHAT: • Studying English language curricula in general Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia • Identifying the meaning of curriculum and its components • Analyzing Language curricula • Understanding the nature of foreign language curricula.
Course outline • WHY: • To get insight unto the nature of curricula in the kingdom • To indentify advantages and disadvantages of different language courses • To better understand the language course, and consequently better teach, and test it • To evaluate the overall matrix of Language curricula in the kingdom • To be better teachers.
Course outline • HOW: • Through lectures • Power point presentation • Readings • Worksheets • Educational movies • Demonstrations • Case studies • Individual, pair and group projects
Course outline • WHEN: • Week 1: Definition of Curriculum and related terms • Week 2: models of curriculum organization • Week 3: objectives of EFL teaching – assignment 1 • Week 4: Contents of EFL curriculum • Week 5: Types of language functions – assignment 2 • Week 6: Types of language situations • Week 7: Types of language topics- assignment 3 • Week 8: Types of grammatical items
Course outline • Week 9: Writing EFL units • Week 10: language skills – assignment 4 • Week 11: language elements • Week 12: overall evaluation of the EFL curriculum • Week 13: group presentations • Week 14: group presentations • Week 15: review • Week 16: Final test.
Course outline • Materials and Resources: • English Language Curriculum Theory and Practice, Asghar Ali Shaikh • Elements of the Language Curriculum • Teachers as course designers • Materials from the internet • Scenes from “To Sir, with Love 1 & 2”, and IELP II language teaching videos. • Worksheets
Course outline • Contact Information: • Dr. AntarSolhyAbdellah, PhD • EMAIL: Curriculumanalysis@yahoo.com • SCORE distribution: 100 • 4 assignments 60 scores • Attendance and participation 15 • Final test: 25