A Final Paper Project

Issues and Challenges in EFL Curriculum

I. Sample issues:

Problems on general EFL curriculum:

(1) Need analysis,

(2) formulation of Goals and objectives,

(3) Principles of curriculum development (structural, functional, notional, communicative,

content based, learner centred, project based, etc.),

(4) Organising course content (text book, etc)

(5) Monitoring and evaluation of curriculum

(6) Etc.

II. Final Paper (An Analysis Report)

Composition Structures
Meeting 1-4
Part 1 (Introduction)
(1) The essence of EFL curriculum……..
(2) Curriculum problems based on previous studies (select one aspect…..)
(3) The importance of reasons for the particular problems to be identified

Meeting 5-6

Part 2 (Method or Designs to study)

(1) Data from fields (teachers, students, or documents of teaching materials, etc)
(2) Data from other outstanding research results (periodical data, secondary sources, etc)

Meeting 9-16
Part 3 (results to discuss)
(1) Expose the results of the investigations
(2) Discuss the directions of your stand-point of view

Part 4 (Conclusion)
(1) Summary
(2) Implication and recommendations