Constructing an Integrated Curriculum
Consider diverse needs of students
- Interests and backgrounds: build on previous knowledge, connections to other disciplines.
- Different entry and exit points: reflect all goals in each level.
Consider educational and departmental mission
- Development of multiple literacies (reading critically,speaking effectively).
- Introduction to discipline (language, literary, cultural studies).
Consider current research and scholarship
- Inseparbility of language and content; skill and knowledge.
- Interdependence of all four modalities in language acquisition.
- Culture as product and process; language as social practice.
- Order of language acquisiton; research on interlanguage.
Allow for flexibility without sacrificing coherence
- Instructor/learner choice in materials selection; no “canned” syllabi.