This document discusses the components of an effective course syllabus and different types of syllabuses. An effective syllabus should include: 1) the reason and intended audience for the course, 2) educational objectives, 3) learning tasks and expected time to complete them, 4) evaluation methods, and 5) other necessary information. There are several types of syllabuses including structural, notional, functional, situational, communicative, and eclectic which combine approaches. The document provides details on each type of syllabus.

1. EDU555 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
WEEK 6

2. Syllabus Content
1) A statement of reason for offering the course or
subject
 for whom it is intended,
 what values it is likely to have for these students,
and
 how it is related to other courses

3. Syllabus Content
2) What the educational objectives are
3) A statement or listing of the learning tasks that are
provided
4) A suggestion of the time probably required to
perform the tasks successfully

4. Syllabus Content
5) The means that will be used to evaluate the students
performance
6) Other information necessary for the particular
course ore subject  to guide students in utilizing
effectively the resources available for their learning

5. Syllabus Format
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6. TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
1) Structural, grammatical or linguistic syllabus
- a collection of the forms and structures i.e
grammatical.
- centred around items such as tense, articles, singular /
plural

7. TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
2) Notional syllabus or semantico-notional syllabus
- A collection of the notions that language is used to
express
- Organized around themes relating to broad areas of
meaning such as space, size, time, colour etc

8. TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
3) Functional syllabus
- A collection of the functions that are performed when
language is used
- Focuses on the social functions of language as the
central unit of organization
- invitations, requesting, apologies, suggestions

9. TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
4) Situational syllabus

10. TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
5) Communicative approach
- Based on communication and negotiation in the target
language
- Various linguistic, thematic or functional elements are
selected

11. TYPES OF SYLLABUSES
6) Eclectic approach
- Combination of two or more syllabuses