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GRAMMATICAL or

structural syllabus
Definition of Syllabus:
An outline of the course of study to be completed
in a fixed time.

A syllabus is an expression of opinion on the


nature of language learning it act as a guide for
both teacher and learner by providing some goal to
be attained

Grammatical syllabus or structural syllabusl


situational syllabus;
A notional or functional syllabus
Grammatical syllabus
GRAMMATICAL SYLLABUS
Most grammatical syllabus seems to be that language
consists of a finite set of rules and these rules can be
learned one by one in an additive fashion.

Content:

Structural / grammatical syllabus generally consists


of two components:

(1)a list of linguistic structures and

(2) list of words

Selection and gradation / sequencing.


Frequency: The number of times the word appears in our use
of language.

Example

A grammatical syllabus may start with the present simple,


then the present continuous, then the past simple, and so
on. Learners are not usually exposed to more difficult
structures than the ones they are learning.

In the classroom

Teachers may find it useful to blend a grammatical syllabus


with other elements. For example, it may be suitable to
teach verb times explicitly but structures such as the use of
A grammatical syllabus may start with the present simple, then the present

continuous, then the past simple, and so on.

1. Present simple and continuous

2. Present simple (2)

3. Past simple and continuous

4. Expressing requests and offers

5. Future time - will/going to

6. Describing people and places

7. Present perfect simple

3. Conclusion
Steps in grammatical

syllabus
Steps
level and the goals proposed in the course.
• The teacher chooses a set of vocabulary to be learned together with forms
and structures.

• The teacher decides the main words according to the topics to be learned, for
example: simple past tense: adverbs of time (yesterday, last night, last month,
etc.), the use of the auxiliary “did”, the auxiliary verbs: was, were, and so on.
• The teacher designs exercises to put in
practice the structures, vocabulary and sentences pattern (complete, translate,
re

write,etc).
Merits and Demarits of structural
syllabus
Merits of structural syllabus
The learner moves from simpler to more complex grammatical structures
and may grasp the grammatical system more easily.

Teaching and testing are relatively simple because teachers deal with
discrete-point knowledge and skills. The teachers need not be fluent in
the language they teach since grammatical explanations and drills do
not require a high level of language proficiency.

It is very much helpful to develop writing skills.


It enriches student’s basic vocabulary.
Sequencing and selection of teaching items is not as difficult as it with
Demarits of structural syllabus
The potential disadvantage of the Structural Syllabus is that it
over-emphasizes language structure and neglects
communicative competence. It does not address the immediate
communication needs of the learner who is learning a language
within the context of a community where the language is
spoken. In fact, the sociolinguistic aspects of communicative
competence are not in focus at all in a strictly structural
syllabus. It is, therefore, more useful in a context where the
language learner does not have immediate communication
• It hampers the student’s creative sides because it confines
him/her within the walls of some specific rules.

• Here the role of the student is passive since it is the teacher


who is deciding what to teach in which stage. It is, thus, a
teacher dominated syllabus.
Conclusion
the most accepted model for
designing course plans. As a
result, we can neither reject nor
discriminate this type of syllabus
entirely. There is no existence of a
perfect syllabus type, and the
Structural Syllabus is no
exception in this respect. So, it is
wise to select a combined or
integrative syllabus, rather than a
particular one. And the Structural
Syllabus is eligible enough to
provide some important
guidelines for the combined
syllabus.
THANK
YOU

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