Curriculum Design: Considering the Environment by Marisol Duarte

The environment does not have to do only with the physical structure but also with considering the teaching situation.  The teacher needs to be aware of the students' knowledge about the topic, if they are interested in it, and what are the best strategies to make them feel comfortable interacting with it.

This is an analysis of some important factors to take into consideration in the curriculum design:

·         Time: teachers should structure the syllabus according to the real time of the class. Also, it depends on the difficulty of the contents and the tasks students will need to perform.

·         Size:  depending of the size of classes, teachers and students will be able to develop some tasks or not. 

·         Proficiency: students learn at a different speed , so the curriculum design should integrate all kinds of learners.

·         Lack of materials: depending on the context, teachers will have issues with this, so they need to be aware of the exact materials they could ask for.

·         Learners’ use of L1: teacher should design activities that help students to reduce their use of their mother language.