Part 2: Towards a communicative syllabus

2.1 Functions and Communicative Goals

• Curriculum, syllabus
• Skills, functions, communicative goals
• Organizing a communicative syllabus

Spratt, M., Pulverness, A., & Williams, M. (2011). The TKT Course (2nd ed.), Unit 19, pp. 127-132

2.2. Target Structures and Grammar Objectives

• Relating structures and functions
• Relating documents and objectives

Hutz, M. (2018). Focus on form—The lexico-grammar approach. In C. Surkamp & B. Viebrock (Eds.), Teaching English as a foreign language: An introduction (pp. 133–158). J.B. Metzler.

2.3. Curriculum and CEFR Proficiency Levels

• CEFR proficiency levels (A1->C2)
• Can-do statements
• Level descriptors
• Standardized tests

Council of Europe (2018). Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Companion volume with new descriptors, pp. 25-44 (“Key aspects of the CEFR for teaching and learning”)