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Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design
Title: Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1794 | Pages: 7.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Curriculum Development and Syllabus Design
Coursebooks are considered a very important element in teaching languages. ‘Using coursebooks appropriately is an art which becomes clearer with experience’ (Harmer(b) 306).
Rationale for using coursebooks
Coursebooks play a major role in the classroom. They work as a learning resource as they are usually accompanied by cassettes, videos and teacher’s guides (Richards 253). For new or inexperienced teachers, a coursebook works with the teacher’s book as a “medium of initial teacher training” (Richards 253). …showed first 75 words of 1794 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1794 total…as the content and the language component are interesting, very relevant and authentic. However, I am a teacher in the UAE and I teach students who won’t be able to relate to some of the topics presented in the book that covers 50% of the book. Hence, my final decision is that I would not use the book because of its irrelevant content although it can be an excellent tool and resource in EFL classrooms.
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