890-524 Course and Materials Design
Class Time: Special Program: Saturday 13.00-16.00
Instructor: Asst. Prof. Monta Chatupote, Ph.D.
Course Description
Principles of course and materials design; communicative tasks; materials for skill development; materials design as part of materials adaptation; designing materials to suit target groups and their learning goals; course and materials evaluation
Course objectives
Students will have opportunities to:
- Learn the process of course and materials evaluation and design
- Familiarize themselves with needs assessment as the foundation of course and materials design within the context of the target course and apply the procedure to their related situation
- Understand the characteristics of good materials and tasks
- Evaluate, adapt and design materials for the target group
Evaluation:
- 1. Tasks
Marks due Date
Task 1 Frame Factor Analysis 5% Nov. 7
Task 2 Needs analysis questionnaire 5% Nov. 15
Task 3 Needs analysis report 15% Dec. 5
Task 4 Setting up Goals and Objectives 5% Dec. 19
Task 5 Designing a syllabus for the target group 10% Jan. 2
Task 6 A coursebook review 15% Jan. 16
Task 7 Adapting a lesson from the selected 15% Jan. 30
coursebook
Task 8 Designing a unit of instructional 20% Feb. 27
materials for the target group
- 2. Oral Presentation
2.1 Types of Syllabus 5% Nov.21, 28
2.2 Material I think is good 5% Jan. 9
