Teach English in Jinzao Zhen - Shantou Shi

This unit covers the different ways to develop a course for young learners. Before I could design a syllabus for a specific class, there are few things that I have to consider. I have to conduct level testing to gauge the language level of the students and needs analysis to give us an idea of the student?s previous learning experience, what they will use English for and what they feel would be the most beneficial areas for them to study. Using the results of the level tests and needs analysis, the groupings can be arranged and I should design/prepare a syllabus that I will use for each group. My first lesson with each group should have needs negotiation; the younger group can be based on the class rules while the older group should focus on the syllabus content. There are limiting factors that might affect the content of a syllabus. They are employer, time constraints, resources, cultural issues and students. These things should also be considered in designing syllabus. There are different types of syllabus that I could design and each one has different basis. For example is the structural syllabus which is based on sequencing by grammar complexity. Throughout the course, it?s important to perform testing and evaluation of the students as well as the course and the teacher itself to measure the efficacy of the program, to monitor the progress of the students, evaluate the material and then suggest improvements, and provides useful information that could be the basis of a report to be given to employer. The information in this unit has been very useful and helpful to me, as well as the example syllabus given, in designing my own syllabus.