chapter 6

Richards, J. (2001). Course planning and syllabus design. In Curriculum development in language teaching (pp. 145-197). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

The chapter deals with planning and creating a syllabus in a language course. In planning and creating a syllabus, the course should include a rationale describing beliefs, values, and goals behind the course, describe the entry and exit level (who will be the learners and what will they be able to do when completing the course), and the course content and structure to name a few. The chapter also points out that grammar-based courses tend to focus on sentence and not on the whole language use, that focus is on form and not on meaning. Although it is part of communicative competence it should not be taught in isolation.
The chapter describes guidelines for creating a curriculum that the immersion program can use to create its own curriculum. This way more concentration will be placed on the language and language use for learners of the Yup’ik language. The curriculum for the Yup’ik First Language program is a great program for students who already speak the language but not quite adequate for learners of the language.