CURRICULUM Conceptions and Principles

The term curriculum...

• refers to the plan or design for a course and how the content for a course is transformed into a blueprint for teaching and learning.

• refers to techniques, learn and practice the target language through the interaction with one another and the instructor.

• refers to situations where subjects, or parts of subjects, are taught through a foreign language with dual-focused aims.

• refers to a psychological approach which emphasizes scientific and objective methods of investigation.

When we talk about Curriculum as knowledge , we are talking about...

• •Curriculum is a body of knowledge-content and / or subjects.

• •It is systematic and has considerable organising capacity.

• •Learners are actively participate (voice)

• •Discussion and differentiated curriculum.

Curriculum as process-oriented is focused on

• •The term syllabus (content-focused) or table of content.

• •Contextual elements, student choice and social and life skills.

• •The formulation of behavioural objectives was the basis in this approach then goals were formulated taking into account cognitive process.

• •Encourage the student and teacher to reach a higher level of awareness.

Curriculum is related to

• Psychology

• Neuroscience

• Learning process

Which of the options do not belong to the Curriculum major theories of learning?

• Behaviourist

• Cognitivist

• Phenomenological

• Connectivism

Tyler's curriculum development principles are:

• 8

• 4

• 2

• 10

Nation and Macalister's principles are based on

• linguistic

• pedagogical perspective

• neurolinguistic

Comprehensible input belongs to:

• Format and presentation principles

• Monitoring and assessment principles

• Content and sequencing principles

When we talk about feedback as a curriculum principle, we mean...

• Learners should receive helpful reinforce which allow them to improve.

• Learners should process the items to be learned as deeply and as thoughtful as possible.

• Learners should be pushed to produce the language in both speaking and writing.

Ecuadorian EFL curriculum has five principles, they are:

• •CLT

  •CLIL

  •International standards (CEFR)

  •Thinking skills

  •Learner-centred

• •SLT

  •TPR

  •International standards (CEFR)

  •Thinking skills

  •Learner-centred

• •CLT

  •CLIL

  •International standards (CEFR)

  •Thinking skills

  •Teacher-centred

• •Natural approach

  •CLIL

  •International standards (CEFR)

  •Creative skills

  •Learner-centred