A SYSTEM APPROACH TO COURSE DESIGN

By :

Yanti Kurniawati

Akhmad Fauzi

OUTLINE

From each section

• Investigation

• Framework

• Teachers’ voices

FIRST INVESTIGATION

DESIGNING A LANGUAGE COURSE INVOLVES ….

Framework; Processes of

course design

Can begin anywhere

As long as it make sense to you

Depend on your belief and understanding, articulated or not, what you know about your student.

The components are interrelated and influence the other

Teachers’ Voices; David

ThomsonI am a teacher with experience in Saudi Arabia,Japan, and the US

I used the framework in planning a course on writing using computers at an Intensive English Program in the US.I felt strange to write goals and objectives after I had already determined the content

SECOND INVESTIGATION :

DESIGNING LANGUAGE COURSE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS STATEMENT ???

HumanBeings

Those objectives

will change in

some ways

But…

They want students to achieve the objectives That they

already set

So, they need to work in

progress

Because, once it meet student and underway,

it will necessity be modified

Teachers’ Voices; Iris Broudy

She had Teaching

experience in Vietnam and

Mexico

Herworking

style tends to

be perfection

istic

She ever spent 8 hours to

revise the goals &

objective of her course

work in progress is

never complete,

never perfect. Students are not machine, predictable in

their ability and responses

When created materials doesn’t work according to the plan, she will steer the students

to use them properly rather than allowing

things to emerge from materials

3rd INVESTIGATION

LOOK AT FIGURE 1.2 ….

WHERE DO YOU SEE CONCEPTUAL PROCESS TAKING PLACE ? WHERE DO YOU SEE PRACTICE TAKING PLACE ?

From Conceptualization to practice; Figure 1.2

Recommendation; Work with partner or group

Teachers’ Voices;

Denise

Maksail-

Fine

Had the difficulty in redesign a course

She began consulting with her colleagues about her project.

Write the importance

of collaboration

As magic, she is amazed at the impact that collaboration has had on how I work

Every time she interacted and discussed about the course, it would all seem to come together

Last Investigation …

Do you want to try ? Why Not ?

However, working with someone whois unfamiliar with your context canalso be helpful because you will needto be more explicit about what you aredoing and your reasons for doing so.

CONCLUSION

Designing a language

course involves experience,

hard work, and careful planning

Designing language

course is a work in

progress

Work in partner or group will give teacher more power in their profession and

helps them to be aware of their

own practice with their colleagues.