Instructions

Course and Materials Design Essay

Choose EITHER Essay 1 OR Essay 2.

Essay 1

Write a 3,000 word proposal for a new or adapted English language course. This proposal should be written in essay form (introduction, body, conclusion) and should cover the following areas in the body:

• A summary of the course's aims and objectives

• Details of the areas of literature that will be reviewed, along with a rationale for these (If it's a speaking course, for example, you would need to give details of what literature on teaching English you would need to consult). Please note that I am not asking you to review the literature but to give information about the literature that your proposed course would likely draw from and why.

• Details about the course context, including the target institution and students. How will the proposed course fit in with a larger programme?

Will the course be an adaptation of an existing course or a new one?

• Proposed needs analysis (Which stakeholders will be consulted? What information will you be collecting from them? Using what methods? Will the needs analysis also include an analysis of existing materials/course textbook?)

• Proposed syllabus type and rationale (What approach to course design will you primarily be using? Task-based? Genre-based? A combination of approaches? Be specific please, provide a brief overview (definition) of this approach and give a rationale for choosing it. Perhaps you think it will solve existing problems or it's a new approach you want to try out