Conceptualizing The Course
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The document discusses the conceptualization of language courses, focusing on content selection, rationale, and the intricacies of curriculum design such as drafting and revising. It highlights various aspects of course content including vocabulary, grammar, and socio-cultural contexts while emphasizing learner-related goals and strategies. The document also includes tasks for comparison and analysis of different conceptualization methods and encourages individual reflection on course design.
Conceptualizing The Course
- 1. Designing Language Courses Conceptualizing the Course
- 2. Can you see the hidden tiger?
- 4. Conceptualizing Content A matter of articulating what you will explicitly teach (focus) and having a rationale (why) for making those choices.
- 7. The Difficult Process Making Choices -- What goes in? What doesn’t? Drafting -- What order? When, Where, How? Revising -- What worked?, what didn’t?
- 9. Task 4.2 What is the “content” of a course? Vocabulary Grammar Materials Genres Themes Functions Assessment Skills Activities Textbook
- 10. Broad areas of conceptualization
- 11. Task 4.1 – Mind Mapping
- 13. Learner related Content Affective Goals: attitude toward self, others and the target culture/language. ie. Building confidence, motivation Interpersonal Skills: relationship towards others for the purpose of learning. ie. Roles / turn taking Learning Strategies: practicing ways to learn better. Ie. Self monitoring / pneumonics
- 14. Social Context related Content 1. Socio-linguistic: paralinguistic ability, register 2. Socio-cultural: identity, values, norms, customs 3. Socio-political: life skills, critical language awareness
- 15. Task 4.3 a/b Compare / Reflect Compare how 2 textbook authors conceptualized content. Describe how a language course you attended/taught was conceptualized.
- 16. Task 4.4 What areas we discussed (fig. 4.4) were included on Iris Broudy’s mind map?
- 17. Task 4.5 - Analyze
- 18. Task 4.6 - Analyze II
- 19. What do you think?
- 20. Task 4.7 - You Conceptualize!
- 21. Task 4.8 Don’t do this!
- 22. Task 4.9 - Compare Mind Map Vs Grid What are the advantages and disadvantages of these ways of conceptualizing the content.
- 23. Task 4.10 - Your opinion Chris’ flow charts What do you like / don’t like about his approach and design?