TESOL(Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Question and Requirement:
Make a detailed evaluation of a language teaching syllabus with which you are familiar.
Evaluate the suitability of the syllabus in an institutional context with which you are familiar, taking into account a full range of external and internal factors.  You should consider not only the design, but also the implementation of the syllabus.  Internal factors include teachers and learners and may also include institution-specific factors.  External factors include societal factors, and matters such as the broader educational system, and levels of educational resourcing and culture.
You should identify:
•    The teaching situation.
•    Scope of the syllabus: broad or narrow in terms of design, implementation and evaluation.
•    Points of departure (views of language, the learner, the nature of learning and/or language learning).
•    The type of syllabus (e.g. type A or B, or a mixed type: see e.g. White 1988).
•    How well the syllabus addresses learners’ needs.
•    How outcomes are stated.
•    Clarity, coherence, and comprehensiveness.
•    How the syllabus relates to the overall curriculum (if appropriate).

Please include a copy of the syllabus in an appendix at the end of your essay (not to be included as part of the 4,000 word limit).