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My Comments 2

posted by Յուրա Գանջալյան on Mon, 25/02/2013 - 10:30

 

         Problems of coursebooks
Submitted by aaltugan on 22 February, 2013 - 02:25
We are all given a coursebook and expected to catch up with the curriculum, however, is it realistic? The curriculum is designed as if we have only five students in each class. We should have a very good time management but it is still not enough. We need to practise with the students a lot in order to teach them all. Nevertheless, we try to finish the curticulum we are given and unfortunately we lose some of our students. I think we all need a realistic curriculum.

 

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Addeh Hovassapian's picture
Addeh Hovassapian
Well i believe the course

Submitted on 22 February, 2013 - 20:28

Well i believe the course curriculum and syllabus should be definitely negotiated with teachers who are going to teach it. I am against rushing students without providing them with enough practice. Whenever, I have the feeling that I need to slow down and provide my students with more time to digest the taught material, I do so without hesitating. But it is usually a good idea to discuss such issues with school administration and try to come up with as solution together. Curricula are not written in rocks and they can always be modified to better suit the students needs :)
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tatiana5006
the course curriculum

Submitted on 22 February, 2013 - 22:18

Addeh Hovassapian wrote:

Curricula are not written in rocks and they can always be modified to better suit the students needs :)

The problem is- they can't be modified.

Addeh Hovassapian's picture
Addeh Hovassapian
Well I think it depends of on

Submitted on 23 February, 2013 - 12:57

Well I think it depends of on the context. In our school, we negotiate the curriculum and syllabus every 2 months and make adjustments accordingly :) Maybe this will not be possible in other educational settings ...
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guzman737
Just remember one thing - the

Submitted on 23 February, 2013 - 20:31

Just remember one thing - the coursebook is for the teacher. The teacher is not for the coursebook.

It means the teacher chooses the material including the units of the coursebook. The teacher is the boss.

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natali9
I agree with you that a

Submitted on 23 February, 2013 - 21:17

I agree with you that a coursebook is designed for groups of 5-10 pupils. But when there are 20 students in my group it's very, very difficult to follow the coursebook exactly. Unfortunately, only talented ss take an active part in all the activities. So (as you've said) I "lose some of my students'. That's why we have no 'realistic curriculum'. Natalia
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YuraGanjalyan
Our general aim is something else

Submitted on 24 February, 2013 - 13:41

Dear aaltugan, I'd like to clarify the terms "curriculum", "subject syllabus" and "subject competency standards". When we say "School curriculum" we mean the set of subjects taught at a school and the academic hours allocated to each subject. There is also a term "National curriculum" which means the compulsory set of subjects in a whole country. We can't say English curriculum meaning the text-book material. By saying English curriculum we can only mean how many hours a week or a year are allocated to English at achools.On the other hand subject syllabuses contain the subject competency standards which should be our general aim. State maintened schools of a country usually have the same compulsory curriculum and subject syllabuses. We are not speaking about private schools and schools specializing in science or humanities. They may have a different curriiculum and different subject syllabuses. Teachers' main concern should be developing the learners' subject knowledge and skills according to the learners' subject competency standards instead of teaching them all the lessons of a given text-book or course-book. We know that there are no ideal text-books. Schools are free to choose their text-books and lessons in a given tex-book in order to develop the learners' knowledge and skills according to the subject competency standards adopted by the authorities.
Addeh Hovassapian's picture
Addeh Hovassapian
Dear Yura great analysis!

Submitted on 24 February, 2013 - 15:58

Dear Yura great analysis!          
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