A Communicative Approach to Syllabus Construction in Adult Language Learning.

Autor/in	Wilkins, D. A.
Institution	Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Committee for Out-of-School Education and Cultural Development.
Titel	A Communicative Approach to Syllabus Construction in Adult Language Learning.
Quelle	(1973), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adult Education; Communication (Thought Transfer); Conferences; Course Content; Credits; Curriculum Development; Educational Strategies; Interaction; Language Instruction; Language Proficiency; Language Usage; Learning Theories; Linguistic Theory; Modern Languages; Relevance (Education); Second Language Learning; Student Motivation; Student Needs; Units of Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Kursprogramm; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Lehrstrategie; Interaktion; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachgebrauch; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Linguistische Theorie; Gegenwartssprache; Relevance; Relevanz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schulische Motivation; Lerneinheit
Abstract	Every individual's needs will differ, and a unit/credit system must be designed with sufficient flexibility to ensure that whatever the individual's interest in language learning, the system caters to it. The thesis of this paper is that, while a grammatical approach to language teaching cannot cater to it, a communicative approach can. A communicative approach asks essentially two questions: What are the types of language interaction in which the individual is going to engage and with what purpose? This goes beyond asking what the situations are in which the individual will find himself needing the language, although situational dimensions are important. Whereas the grammatical approach derives a teaching program from the form that utterances have in a particular language, the communicative approach is concerned essentially with the content of utterances. The paper further discusses the value and advisability of considering this approach when formulating a syllabus. (Author)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01