This field study is aimed at establishing
criteria for an appropriate syllabus for the first-year
students of English at the Hanoi Foreign Languages
Teachers' College.
Following an overview of the past and present
English language teaching in North Vietnam and at the
Hanoi Foreign Languages Teachers' College, the students
and their learning problems are analyzed with a view to
determining student needs. Such needs should be taken
into account when selecting appropriate syllabus content.
The relative advantages and disadvantages of
language syllabus and teaching methods are discussed.
The types of syllabus analyzed are : the structural
syllabus, the situational syllabus, and the functional
syllabus. The methods considered are:the grammar translation
method, the direct method, the audio-lingual
method and the communicative approach.
The study next identifies the constraints in
designing the first year syllabus for the Hanoi Foreign
Languages Teachers' College. The things to be considered
are the desired qualifications of the language teacher
and the program for teacher-training at the college. At
the same time, the first year students of English
are studied in terms of previous learning experience
and motivation.
The next stage brings together institutional
needs and methodological options in a discussion of an
appropriate syllabus for the first year.
1 . The syllabus aims and objectives : that is,
the production of proficiency in the four language skills,
especially the oral skills of speaking and listening.
2. The syllabus content : the general principles
as well as the actual selection of various functions and
topics.
3. The method : examination of an eclectic
method and the teacher's roles in the classroom as well
as the guidelines for more effective teaching.
4. Evaluation: the functions of and the techniques
for evaluation.
A sample of a language unit of the syllabus
follows the discussion of constraints.
After a general discussion of the teaching of
each of the four skills, the study comes to some of the
techniques for developing the oral skills of speaking
and listening, the main objectives of the first year
syllabus.
It is intended that this field study will
contribute a small part to the growing understanding
of the syllabus design which, for a long time, has been
so controversal an issue at the Hanoi Foreign Languages
Teachers' College.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219111 |
| Date | January 1985 |
| Creators | Tran, Thi Lang, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Information Sciences |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Thi Lang Tran |
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