TESL-645 Curriculum and Materials Design (3)

A needs-based, learning-centered approach to designing ESL or EFL courses, from creating and structuring curriculum to materials design, with emphasis on planning blocks of instruction larger than lesson plans. Students propose and design a curriculum for an actual learner audience of their choice through needs assessment, identification of curricular goals and course objectives, content sequencing and planning, and course evaluation. Crosslist: TESL-445. Usually Offered: fall. Prerequisite: TESL-601.