Date of Award

1983

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Education

First Advisor

Michael Castro

Second Advisor

Beverly Bimes

Third Advisor

Ann Rynearson

Abstract

This project reflects the writer's interest in creating and combining relevant, notional, communicative, sociocultural, and grammatical materials into meaningful units for English as a Second .Language syllabi. Every attempt is made to make each step meaningful and useful to the special needs of students from vastly different cultural backgrounds(for example, Indo-Chinese refugee adults).

After a brief preface, a syllabus is presented for students who have had some background in English as a Second Language. The curriculum for each week includes the notions, communicative functions, sociocultural aspects , syntactical patterns , and grammatical categories to be taught. Morphological features and new tenses are also sometimes included.

Chapter II discusses the methodologies used with the syllabus. Four methodologies are suggested: the audiomotor, the modified audiolingual, the modified cognitive- code , and the modified "natural" approach. Exercise examples showing the usefulness of the methods and the differences in methodological approaches are presented.

Chapter III comprises a sample lesson plan for Week One, where student comprehension through contextualization is a primary goal. The teaching points, the channels of communication, the methodologies, the procedures, the teaching aids, and the required time for presentation are pointed out. Measurement of comprehension , review, and expansion of teaching points are sometimes also included.

Chapter III is followed by a Summary.

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