ESSENTIALS AND ISSUES IN LANGUAGE SYLLABUS DESIGN

Abstract

Several distinct types of language teaching syllabi that may be implemented in various teaching situations exist. This paper attempts to critically inquire into the different existing syllabi with the view to examining their contents and merits in the faces of some essentials and issues considered imperative in the syllabus design. Each syllabus is presented and critically examined. It is a significant underlying proposal of this paper that syllabuses must be flexible, practical and possible to be designed and implemented. Since it is rare for one type of syllabus or content to be used exclusively in actual teaching setting, it is therefore suggested that syllabuses should combine contents of different types of syllabi in more or less integrated way.