SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE SYLLABUS DESIGN

Abstract

Studies and articles that focus on describing and classifying foreign language syllabuses are dominated by the product / process dichotomy. Nevertheless, this is not always the case, as there are authors who, apparently, use other criteria to produce their own taxonomy. Thus, this paper attempts to provide a brief chronological outline of the various descriptions found in the syllabus design literature, so that the principles underlying the proposed taxonomies could be identified and critical comparisons could be performed.

Keywords

• foreign language
• syllabus design
• taxonomy
• content
• methodology
• objectives