Curriculum and Syllabus Design in ELT. Report on the Dunford House Seminar (England, United Kingdom, July 16-26, 1984)

Proceedings of a seminar on curriculum and syllabus design for training English-as-a-Second-Language teachers are presented in the form of papers, presentations, and summary narrative. They include: "Curriculum and Syllabus Design in ELT"; "Key Issues in Curriculum and Syllabus Design for ELT" (Christopher Brumfit); "Approaches to Curriculum Design" (Janet Maw); "Graded Objectives in Modern Languages" (Sheila Rowell); "Performance Objectives in the Hong Kong DTEO" (Richard Cauldwell); "The Relationship between Teaching and Learning" (Dick Allwright); "Three Basic Requirements of Teaching and Teaching Methods" (Robert O'Neill); "The Implementation of Communicative Syllabuses" (Keith Johnson); "Evaluating Curricula and Syllabus" (Charles Alderson); "Examinations" (Charles Alderson); "Educational Technology and Curriculum Renewal" (Martin Phillips); "The Organisation and Structure of the Seminar"; "What Do We Mean by 'Curriculum' and 'Syllabus'?"; "What Gets in the Way?"; "Curriculum and Syllabus Design: What Are the Key Questions?"; "Case Study Design Tasks: Instructions and Notes for Session One"; "Case Study One: University of Sana'a Language Centre, Yemen Arab Republic"; "Case Study Two: Cairo Direct Teaching of English Operation"; "Interim Evaluation"; "Options"; and "Seminar Evaluation." An article summary, results of a pre-seminar questionnaire, and a report on an alternative case study design are appended. (MSE)