LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:6 June 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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Role of Syllabus in Creating School & Classroom Culture:
A Comparative Study of Public & Private Sectors in Pakistan

Shazma Aslam, M.A., M.Phil. ELT Research Scholar
Sabahat Parveen, M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil., PhD. Applied Linguistics Research Scholar

Abstract

Every language has its cultural norms, some of which can be completely different and in conflict with other cultures’ norms. Conflictions of cultural norms basically create the communication gap among the cultures. Perhaps one solution for such problems is to help language learners to learn the target culture within the syllabus. Syllabus is the most suitable key for promoting any culture either target culture or native culture. Through target culture it is easy to learn target language and we can say that its vice versa. Target language has its own culture so it’s best to learn the target language with the all norms of target culture. Raising the learners’ cultural awareness in a language course, as Tomlinson and Masuhara (2004) note, can facilitate language acquisition too. The basic purpose of this paper is to present the role of syllabus in language classrooms and promoting the school and classroom through syllabus both public and private sector.

Keywords: Syllabus, culture, ELT, Public & Private Sector.

Introduction

Etymologically syllabus means a ‘label or ‘table of contents’. Wilkins (1981) pointed out: "syllabuses are specification of the content of language teaching which have been submitted to some degree of structuring or ordering with the aim of making teaching and learning a more effective process". So far, there have been several approaches to syllabus design within literature. In essence, each type of syllabus offers alternative answers to the question: What does a learner of a new language need to know, and what does a learner need to be able to do with this knowledge? (Breen, 1987, p. 85) To design a syllabus is to decide what gets taught and in what order.

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Shazma Aslam, M.A., M.Phil. ELT Research Scholar
Kinnaird College for Women
Lahore
Pakistan
poma_aslam@hotmail.com

Sabahat Parveen, M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. Applied Linguistics (Research Scholar)
University of Education
Lahore
Pakistan
sabahatmushtaq@hotmail.com
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