The Procedural Syllabus and the Task Syllabus: How Similar, How Different?

  • Baleghizadeh S
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The present paper aims to convince readers that the terms procedural and task syllabuses, often used interchangeably and synonymously, are fundamentally different from each other. After reviewing the underlying principles of these two syllabuses, it is contended that they both view pedagogic tasks as the point of departure in designing second/foreign language courses. Besides, neither of them is built on any pre-specified linguistic units such as structures, functions, notions, etc. In spite of this striking similarity, it is argued that these two syllabus types differ from each other in terms of task selection, task gradation, task implementation, and input characteristics. Este ar tícu lo bus ca per sua dir al lec tor de que los tér mi nos sí la bo pro ce di men tal y sí la bo ba sa do en ta reas, a me nu do tra ta dos como si nó ni mos, son fun da men tal men te di fe ren tes. Tras una re vi sión de los prin ci pios sub ya cen tes en es tos dos ti pos de sí la bos, se dis cu te que am bos to man las ta reas pe da gó gi cas como pun to de par ti da en el di se ño de cur sos para la en se ñan za de len guas. Ade más, nin gu no de los dos se cons tru ye al re de dor de uni da des lin güís ti cas pre via men te es pe ci fi ca das como es truc tu ras, fun cio nes, no cio nes, etc. A pe sar de esta si mi li tud, se ar gu men ta que los dos ti pos de sí la bos se di fe ren cian en tér-mi nos de la selección, secuencia e implementación de tareas y en las características de las muestras. Pa la bras cla ve: en se ñan za de len guas me dian te ta reas, sí la bo ba sa do en ta reas, sí la bo procedimental. How to cite this article (APA 6th ed.): Baleghizadeh, S. (2015). The procedural syllabus and the task syllabus: How similar, how different? HOW, 22(2), 104-113.

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Baleghizadeh, S. (2015). The Procedural Syllabus and the Task Syllabus: How Similar, How Different? HOW, 22(2), 104–113. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.22.2.153

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