The Learner-Centred Curriculum
A Study in Second Language Teaching

This book looks at the curriculum from a teacher's perspective and reports on what instructors focus on in planning, implementing, and evaluating language courses.

David Nunan (Author)

9780521358439, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 September 1988

212 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.34 kg

Traditionally, the curriculum has been regarded as a statement of what should be done in a course of study. The Learner-Centred Curriculum takes as its starting point what is done by language teachers in their classes. Nunan develops a concept of the negotiated model in which the curriculum is a collaboration between teachers and students. The author looks at the curriculum from a teacher's perspective and reports on what instructors focus on in planning, implementing, and evaluating language courses. He synthesizes theoretical models and recent empirical studies, and considers the vital part by curriculum design in coordinating the many aspects of language teaching.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]