Syllabus types

According to Murphy, the textbook shouldn't be used as the syllabus because...

• Textbooks don't have a sequence.

• Textbooks can do much more than serving as a syllabus format.

• Textbook designers are business people...they don't always know/care about educational principles.

• Syllabuses and textbooks have nothing to do with each other.

The product syllabus focuses mostly on...

• Linguistic content

• Skills

• Learning processes

• Functions

The process syllabus focuses on...

• Linguistic content

• Learning processes

• Skills

• Functions

The synthetic syllabus perceives language as...

• A set of skills

• A communicative tool

• A synthesis of symbols

• Building blocks

The analytic syllabus consists of a list of..

• Grammar structures

• Skills

• Purposes

• Functions

Mention 3 advantages of the grammatical syllabus

Mention 2 differences between the grammatical syllabus and the notional-functional syllabus

What was one of the main problems of the lexical syllabus?

What are the characteristics of the task-based syllabus?

How is language perceived in the content-based syllabus?