Kamis, 21 Januari 2010

Planning Goals and learning outcomes (part 2)

Aims

    An aim refers to a statement of a general change that program seeks to bring about learners. The purposes of the aim statements are:
•    To provide a clear definition of the purposes of the program.
•    To provide guidelines for teachers, learners and material writers.
•    To help provide a focus for instruction.
•    To describe important   and realizable changes in learning.



Aims statements reflect the ideology of the curriculum and show how the curriculum will realize it. It is also generally derived from information gathered during a needs analysis. For example, the following areas of the difficulty           were some of those identified for non-English-background students studying in English-Medium universities:
•    Understanding lectures
•    Participating in seminars
•    Taking notes during lectures
•    Reading at adequate speed to be able to complete reading assignments
•    Presenting ideas and information in an organized   studying in English-medium universities.


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