Curriculum

Curriculum development

Learners change and so do the situations the language is used in.

At a glance

About this line of teaching research

Learners' starting points change, and so do the situations the language gets used in. The course team updates goals, materials, tasks and assessment according to classroom performance and real demand, so every level connects to the next and stays useful.

Clear goals

Stating what a learner can do at the end of each stage.

Coherent content

Courses that join up sensibly with one another.

Tasks that work

Classroom activity in service of the ability goal.

Aligned assessment

Results that actually test the stated goal.

How a course gets built

Needs analysis, goal setting, materials development, trial teaching and observation, learner feedback and version updates.

What accumulates

Lesson plans, task templates, study checklists, question banks and digital resources are maintained by the team; mature content is reused, and revised as soon as the classroom says it should be.

Turning classroom experience into methods that can be discussed, tested and improved.

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