CURRICULUM LANGUAGE NGLISHE

5th Lecture: Curriculum

components Mrs. Iman Al-Thubyani

Octagonal (EFL) Model:

1

objectives

2

content

3

Language functions

4

Language situations

5

Grammatical items

6

Language topics

7

Writing curriculum

8

Evaluation

A lot of what we say is for a specific purpose. Whether we

are apologizing, expressing a wish or asking permission, we

use language in order to fulfill that purpose. Each purpose

can be known as a language function.

The EFL curriculum must specify certain types of language

functions which are important and useful from our social

and cultural point of view.

Types of Language functions

Personal

Interpersonal

Directive Referential

Imaginative

•Clarifying or arranging one’s ideas, expressing thoughts or feelings

Personal Language Functions

Love

Joy Pleasure

Likes/ Dislikes

Hunger

Anger

•Enabling us to establish and maintain social and working relationships.

Interpersonal Language Functions

Greetings

Introducing

Accepting/

Refusing

invitations

Agreement/

Disagreement

Apologizing

Greetings Making

Excuses

Sharing

•Attempting to influence the actions of others, accepting or refusing directions.

Directive

Language Functions

Making Suggestions

Warning

Giving And Responding

To Directions

Asking For

Directions

Giving Advice

• Talking or reporting about things, actions, events, or people in the environment in the past or the future.

Referential

Language Functions

Identifying items or people

Defining Asking for description

Summarizing Comparing Explaining

Reporting or requesting

facts Evaluating

•the ability to use and appreciate language as a creative medium

Imaginative

Language Functions

Discussing a poem or a

story

Creating rhymes,

poetry, stories

Recombining dialogues or passages

creatively Solving problems

Expanding ideas

A language ladder is a resource that models different

ways to express oneself through different functions of

language.

What are the characteristics of a language ladder?

Each language ladder contains one function of

language. The ladder includes several ways in which

the function of language can be expressed ranging

from formal to less formal.

People Place Time

Settings

(weather, formal…..)

Surroundings

(family, friends, strangers)

Importance and usefulness

Socio-cultural demands

Learners needs and interests

Learners linguistic level

Learners age

Numbers letters Days of the

week

Months of the year

seasons measurements

shapes Body parts

Examples of language topics(1/3)

family occupations nationalities

meals clothes health

Traffic rules classroom

Examples of language topics (2/3)

school countries games

food community culture

National heroes

hobbies

Examples of language topics (3/3)

The End