English Language Curriculum EENG 4319

Course description:

Students  are supposed to study the following :
Steps of curriculum design (need analysis-  objectives construction- content design- piloting- implementation – evaluation ),elements  of contents (information –skills – values, with examples), types of curriculum overt, explicit, or written curriculum/  covert curriculum, approaches  of syllable design(Product-Oriented Syllabuses, the Structural Approach, the Situational Approach, the Functional Approach, Process-Oriented Syllabuses, Procedural/Task-Based Approaches).
The philosophy of the Palestinian curriculum, analysis and evaluate  of English  for Palestine  text books to find out  the strengths and the weaknesses in English  for Palestine  text books.

Course Aims:

Course seeks to enable students to achieve the following objectives:
  • Recognize steps of curriculum design. (needs analysis-  objectives construction- syllabus design- piloting- implementation – evaluation).
  • Recognize  elements  of contents (information –skills  values with examples).
  • Differentiate among types of curriculums.
  • Differentiate among approaches  of syllable design.
  • recognize the  philosophy of the Palestinian curriculum. 
  • Analyze and evaluate English for Palestine text book to find out the strengths and the weaknesses in English  for Palestine  text books.

Course outcomes:

By the end of this course students are expected to:
  • Recognize steps of curriculum design. (needs analysis-  objectives construction- syllabus design- piloting- implementation – evaluation).
  • Recognize  elements  of contents (information –skills  values with examples).
  • Differentiate among types of curriculums.
  •  Differentiate among approaches  of syllable design.
  •  recognize the  philosophy of the Palestinian curriculum. 
  •  Analyze and evaluate English for Palestine text books to find out the strengths and the weaknesses in English for Palestine text books.