Negotiated Syllabuses Chapter 10

INTRODUCTION The curriculum design is a very complicated process that involves many aspects and requires specific attention on each detail present on it. The main objective of a curriculum design is to work as a guide full of objectives that were created based on the necessities of a specific population. Yet, it should be also consulted with our target population, the students to make decisions at some point on any part of a curriculum design: “After working through this chapter you should be able to give learners a say in the design and running of a course..” Language curriculum design / I.S.P. Nation and John Macalister. The process must be carefully studied and evaluated with some interesting points which would be developed in the next chapter by way of a reaction essay. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The main topic regarding this chapter is the negotiation. It is said that a good dealer undoubtedly earns easy money than a person than only wants to make his will. Thus, I personally believe that we have to see this business as a good future deal in which all parties would be beneficiated. It is obvious that, not all populations are the same, for example we have to consider the background of the students, previous environments and situations. There are some requirements like: the negotiation procedure, participation, learning the evaluation and the materials that any curricular designer must consider to have a successful negotiation. Finally, there are some advantages and disadvantages when a negotiation is needed. Teachers may feel that using a negotiated syllabus removes too much of their power and status. Moreover, a totally negotiated syllabus requires significant teacher skills and time in accessing and producing resources. However, something really positive is that, when students negotiate and participate on the evaluation stuff, they feel responsible for themselves and their academic results. This understanding, make them better learners. CONCLUSION In conclusion, looking how learners can be involved on the process of a curriculum design is definitely a challenge not only for the teacher, but also, for the students. It is important to make deeply study of different backgrounds and situations present on the population because it would not have any sense if the negotiation does not have any educational purpose. Even though creating a curriculum might not be a very easy task, in one thing I am absolutely sure; it must be a very satisfactory matter at the end.