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Syllabus

Teacher Education
07S:197  Prin Course Design for Second Lang Inst
Fall, 2009
Instructors: Leslie L. Schrier
Emails: leslie-schrier@uiowa.edu
Course Web Site: www.uiowa.edu/~c07s197/
Course Description

Principles of Course Design for Language Teaching is a course developed to provide the preservice second language teacher, graduate foreign language-education student, and inservice foreign language teacher with both the theoretical and practical aspects of developing and evaluating a language-teaching curriculum.

Required Readings

Benson, Phil & David Nunan (Eds). (2004) Learners' stories.  Difference and diversity in language learning.  Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-6144-6. 

Long, Michael. (2005).  Second Language Needs Analysis.  New York: Cambridge UP.  ISBN  9780521618212

Richards, Jack C. (2001) Curriculum Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521804914

ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students (1997) TESOL

Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century (1999) Lawrence, KS, Allen Press.

Focus Standards and Student Assignments

StandardsStudent Assignments
A: Student Learning
  • Needs analysis
B: Diverse Learners
  • Select one of the following to upload:

    Needs analysis-or
  • Unit Outline -or
  • A methodology for evaluating learner performance and for assessing the curriculum  or

    Power point from Oral Presentation on dealing with diverse learners.
C: Planning Instruction
  • Needs analysis
  • Unit Outline
  • A methodology for evaluating learner performance and for assessing the curriculum
D: Instructional Strategies
  • The Unit Outline should be placed here.
E: Learning Environment
  • A list of program goals and a justification of syllabus type based on the needs analysis
G: Assessment
  • Upload assessment plan.
H: Reflection and Professional Development
  • For the Summer 2008 session please upload your presentation on Con Respecto.