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ACQUISITION
AND SYLLABUSDESIGN:
THE
NEEDFOR A BROADPERSPECTIVE
THOSE who developand direct foreign and second
l d n s u d s et'r r r u -i o r i r t l i r c d 5 r c r e , p o r ' e c o n d a r y : n . r ' r ! r ' o n .m a Jc h o o . ee i r h esr r d m m a-,o . , o m m u n i c d
iion basedcurricular
nodels.A1l."astrhre approaches
RenateA. schula
meril discussion:rhe slructural(or srammarical)approach, the situationalapproach,and the norional
d l sa v . u . e dr na . o c r c lc o n r e \ ,r\ d r i n f r e n . e .m e " n r n c
iunctional approach.
and thereforeusesa seriesof siruations(usuallyrn
The struciuralsyllablrs.slill the mosl widely used, djalosueform) rhat the learne.sare mosl likely ro enbreakslansuacedown into smallgranmaticalcompo
counte.whenrravelingabroad,suchasfindinga room,
nenlsand presents
themin strictlycontrolledseque,re, orderinsa meal,buyins stamps,lravelingby rrain, o,
buildinslanguacecompelence
throushknowledeeand geiling around town. Wilki.s considrsthis type ot
inlernalizlion of linsuislic rules((nop). In Wilkins'
syllabusnore efficienrand more morivalinsthan rhe
words,the theoretical
principleunderlyincrhisapproach srammaricalsyllabusbecauseit centes on practical
h that "you facililalelearningifyou presenitheleener r e e d .r d r h e h d n d b . r a c ' r n c l y . t r l n e J o f l c o t r i n B
*irh pieceso I lancuaserharhavebeenpre-digesred
ac- of fie approach.however,asWilkinspoin$ out. is that
cordingro the categoriesfound in a descriptionol !n a physicalsilLralionalsetting
su.h as ",A1rhePosrOf
lan|.uase (Not iohtl Slllabuses 3). Cramna! makes up
rice" or "In a Restaurant"doesnot necesarilypredicl
the coreof the syllabustgrmatical patternsareclearly rhe lancuase io.ms thar will be used (Norrcral
more important than vocabularyor the meaningex- S///ar6er 3). Onernaycoinlo aresmuranlnot 10orde.
pre$ed by exanpls.
a mealbul to ask diredionsto a nearbymuseunor to
Many learnineprinciplesinplicit in a structuralap
c h a r g em o n e Ji o a r e e p h o n e . d l lu. h i l e c e r ' d ' n
proach are sound:simplestructuresprecedelhe more Iansuage
functionswillmosrlikelyoccu!in ce.tainsilua
compler;thosestruclureswith iewerexceplionsto the tional settings,physicalsertingcannot reauy predict
r u l e a r e i n r - o d u c e bd e f o r ep a r r e r n q, i r h m o r ed e v i a - languaeeuse.A iurther problem.nor inherenrin lhe
lionsi pallernsfollow a sequence
of relativefrequency situarionalapproach
but causedby irs srong lies10the
in lanslase useand proceedfrom the fmiliar 1o the granfi'atical syllabusin rnanyexistingmaterials,apunfamiliaraccordingto a contrastiveanalysisbetween pears'n the "seeded"dialogues,shich both illustrate
lhe nalive tongueand the rargellanguage-The struc- recurent granftalical patternsand presenlp.actrcal
tural syuabusaho oflen th presumedadvantagethat phrasesfor a situaiionalcontext.
Oftentbesedialogues
leachersreed not be fluen! in the languagihey 1each, includediscousethat would nverbe usedin narural
{ n c ec r a m m a r i cea\lp l a r ai o n ' a l d d r i l l ,d o n o rr e q J i r c language.Thus,lansuageaspracricedin thecla$roon
a hich level of lansuaseproficiency.Teachingand andlansuaceasspotenin therealworldoftenhaveljrtle
lesling are relatively sinple, becausewe deal wrth
discrele-pointknowledgeand skills. Bur few. il any,
A siruationalsyllabus,panicularlyifit is not tied to
Iearnersar able!o sain Iancuaeeproiiciencythrough a crammatical pros.e$ion, is probably most ap
p o f i r r e f o ! . h o r r r e r m. p e . , d l - p u r Deoc o u r . e , :g i \ discriepoini melhodsof teaching(Oller 229).
Proponents
otcommunicarive
approaches
to syllabus ing prospective
tourisrssurvival!kilh or preparingser
desjgnmaintainthat a crammaticalsyllabusis neilher vicepersonnel,
suchaswaites orwailresss.
to dealw lr
n e c e $ a r ve.f t j c r e l t n, o r e l f e c u \ ei n l a n g u a sle r r n i n c . rouline requestsor ft fishtes ro handleemergency
The shortcoming
of the structuralmodelisthal language situalions,It has limited porential for lhe language
forh takes precedenceover meaning. This nodel
l e a r n e r i n l e r e s r e di n a c q u i r i n e g l o b a l l a n g u a s c
e m p h a . i / elsi n g u i . I i c( o m p e r e n .oe\ e r c o m m u n i c a r i v e
compelencedd offers languagesamplesoutsidethejr
The nolional-functionalsyllabusis primarily based
socialand culturalconlexls,naking transierof learn- not on a linguisticanalyshbut on an analysis
of learn6'
ing from the classroomto the real world ralher difficuh.
social and,/or vocalionalcommunicaliveneeds.The
A iurther drawback,as Wilkins pointsou!, is iis effect
o n r n o t r a r o n . q h i l es o m el e a _ n e m
\ , e h r: e er d l u eI n
Theauth.r isPrcJaat aJaeman at theuniretsitr of ari.uau
long termgramnar studyfor lhebenefitofiuturepeF
andEditol olDieu errichisvats, Thisanicle is bosedon
lbrmance.manystudenhwan!an inmedialerelu.nfor
a prcyntation deljvetedat ADFL Snin
wen, hetdat the
theiJ efforts (Notional St abuses3\.
DelenseLauuase InstituteandAsilonot ConJetence
Center
an coli|otnio's Montuey Peninyto, 27 30 Jun. 1983.
T h e . i , u d , i o n a,l) l l a b u .r e c o s n t e . h c l a l E L d s ei .
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we shouldlemernber,
ho$ever,that an arglnent can
aho be madeagainstthc grammarical
sy11abu5,
sincethc
oral proiicicncy of fes languaselearnerswho have
learnedthrougha nructural approachbur who lack an
experience
abroadexceedsa rarineof 2 or 2+ on thc
InterasencyLanguageRoundrable(lLR) proficiency
I a s r e es i r h G u n t e n n a nann dP h i l l j p lsh a r ' 1 h em o n
a p p r o pi ar r ea p po a . l -l o . o t rn L l i 3 i e . o u e d " i g
i s p r o b a b l yo n et h a ta p p l i e fsD n c r i o n a l o p e r a r i o
t onas
centralframeworkof erammaticalform and srruclu.e"
('.ommunicdi\e .ou'.e De .sn l20) su-h an irtesratedapproach,*hich b.ingslhe besreranftatical
reachingand
and funcrionalrnodelsto secondlanguage
lear.ins, would permirimmediatelancuageusein communicarivcsiruatjonsbur uould not disadrantage
those
l e a r e . + L 1 o{ h , . b F . o m ef l u e n ri n h e " o e i c n
language.
Unforrunately,fe* commercially
avaitable
in
. r ' J c ' i o n am
l d ' e r i a ht d c i l i r " r e
adoprion
ol .ucl a1' .
tgratedcuficulud design.lndividualsin chargeof
s u s rs i i l l a d a pal n da d j u s e
l a n g u a Cper o s r a mm
t xistine
marerials to include borh slrucrural and notional'
f u n c t i o n acl o m p o n e n t s . t
But, asidelrori th riix ofgranmaticalandnotionaf
functional content,orher issuesneed!o be addressed
in.rriculJm de,isnT
. h el d n s u a slee d r n i n p
s r o c e . i, .
slranglyneglected
in theprolificdiscussions
of thpros
and consof variouscuricular modeh. We hearabour
analysesol languagefunclions,of grabmar, ot com
municaliveconstraints,and so on, but seldon do the
discusionsincludepsycholinsuisric
conside.ations
such
procsses
assecondlaneuaselearning
andslrategies
and
constrainlswithin the learning situalion that affec!
Krashenhrpothesizes
rhal formal and informal environmentsconlributelomasteryin differentwaysand
that rhe besrsettinsfor aduh lansuagelearningis one
that offe6 both learningand acquisilion-We know
throushexperince
thal iearninsalone(i.e., the cram
maricalsyllabus)is insufficienifor gaininglanguage
mastery.Experience
aho telk us thai exposurealone,
withoul fornal inslruclionand corredion, is insutfi
cientfor adultsdd oftenleadsto eror fosilizationand
p r d e r n r a r o no l a l . n c r d e e I f . h o { e r e r .r h el e a r n r n e
environmentprovidessufficien! time, opporlunrlres.
nareriah, and acrivniesborh ior formal learningand
f o r r h eL . eo f l d n s L a s e .nna r L r d l . o m m L , n i c a r \ e . I u a
Krashen'sMonitor Model. for instance,hasimpor- tions, adult languagelearnerscan achievehigh profiKrashenmaintainsthat actant inplicationsfor curiculum desisnforadult second ciencyin a ssond Ianguage.
languagelearnenin formal insrrucrionalsettircs(Sec quisitionoccursto the extentth targetlaneuageis used
ond LansuaseAcquisition). Krashennaintains lhat 1wo realisticallyin rhe classroom.While learninginc.eases
ola communicative
exchange,
for gainingproficiency
in a sec the grmmaticalaccuracy
approaches
areavailable
o l d I a r g u a g eI a
: n c u a gle a r n i n ag n dl a n g u a gaec q u j . i semanlicfluencydevelopsonly throughacquisilion.
tion. "Learning" is a conscious,slow processinsof
O n em a j o rt e n c o
l l K r a s h e n \M o n i t o rM o d e l i st h a l
may be at the hean ol the languageacstruclural rules that usuauytakes place in a tormal comprhension
classroomselting. "Acquisition" refers to the sub- quisition process;therelore, proficiency is dirctly
inpurprovided.
consciousmechankmsthroush which children learn relatedto rheanount oi comprehensible
Youns childrenlearninsa secondlansuasein a natu.al
r L e i n d r i v er o l g u e . A c q u ' . i r i o nd o e ' n o , r e c e . . i r ae
e n | o r n e r u ' u a l l y\ d v e n o p r o b l e ns e r r i n sh d i r limited input of sraded srammalicalsequences,
alp u . l o r d d l L .I J r n ! r . r h en r r d r o nI d r f l e ' e n r ,r n . e
thoush thereis evidncethat not all srammalicalpaF
r e r n sa r em d ( r ee d , : n u f a n e o u d yd r d h d r r h e r e. . r '
mosr culturesfrown on free inleractionamong adult
fairly stableorderof masteryof s.ammadcalsrruclures. st.ancers.Further.youngchildren,whenacquninsthen
06Dc(1
native languaccand usually also when suddenlvm_
"gothrough
mersdin a torignlancuaseenvironmen!,
a \ilent pcriod' durins which they build up acquired
compdencethrough aclivethtening" ("Ap!itude and
Krashen\ model
Atlilude" l5?). what factorsbesides
must be consideredlor soundsvuabusdesien?I seea!
and
leasrfou.:1ime,amountoimaterial,skillsequence,
r h en e e d o r e . i . l e m " e n d l r o l a c i l t r d rae. q u F i r i o n
Languaselearning.parlicularlyin a seiting*herethe
languageis not naturallyusedasthe languageol con
"a!_
municalion,is a dow process.In canoll\ words
is
a
function
of
lansuase
in
a
foreign
laindenr of still
the amountoftime spentin irs sludy" (137) Civenrhe
limitedline ar our di!posal.inslru.rionaleiieciivenes
for svllabus
and efficiencrbe.omemaiorconsiderations
5 n m e u h e r i r r " e o d r l p a ' r o r q m e r i c a nl u r e i C '
laneuageducalionihe nyth ot the t{o_vearlanguaee
curiculun vas born.r Ir has held on tenaciouslvever
since.Althouch the Colemanrepon (1929)madeso'tre
sensiblerecomnendationsabout shat can be accom_
p l i . n e a 1 ' q o i c a r \ o l o r e r g nl . n g u a g c' l l d v i n a
schoolsertins.the report was (and is) largelvisnored,
"masterv" or
and unrealistic,unfealizablepromisesof
,,proficien.y" in the four skilh (listeninecomprehen
andwritins)still
comprehension.
sion,speaking,.eadinc
head rhc list of many dpartmentalgoal stalements.
Even if we fofgol aboul our humanisticsoals tor the
liberalartsrequirehenr(e.s..culturalawreness,inler
culturalsnsitiviry.insighlsinto languagesvslemsand
rhe processof communicarion)and could focus ex
clusivelyon skilh development,rwo hundred clock
hou6 (i.e., four lourcredit semestercouBesor 240
L r r ) m r n ue D e o d r o r c l a * , o o r r n ' t r r c ot n a r ei n _
sufticienl for all blt basicsurvivalskilh We haveto
convince administ.aiors,students,and lhe general
publicrhat aninstrucrionalsettingand a time allolmenl
appropriate lor leaching history, mathematics,or
appropriatelo! gainins
geosraphyare not ncessarily
proliciencyin a foreienlatsuage.A numberofsludis
and reports show thal the nonlraditional time a.
rangem.tsin intensiveor immersioninsl.uclion are
'ad'
m o r e, u . . p * ' d l r r d e v e l o p i npgr o r i i e n c )r h d nr L e
tional one hou.-perday curriculum."
R e l a r e rdo r h en e e dt o r d i r l e r e l r i m e p d r a m e r e ir'.
the amountof conlentin termsof
the nedto .eassess
lrom sludents.
skills
maslervweexpect
knowledgeand
DaviesIikensour conrinuinssearchfor ne* methods
r o l n ee l l o r ro l r , y i r er o - t d m3 q u a r Lo f v e s e r d b linsr o
a pint pot and-when unsuccessful-lookingfor a nes
m e r h o do l p d c l a e r n rg4 6 l b 7 ) .H e l i l e o l h e r ' o r e i c n
languageeducalore,believesthat *e are trving lo ac
complishtoo muchin too little time Geevalddan and
wdriner). He adlocatesthai, insleadofreducinglean_
i n s o D j e ci \ e . d . r o * r h e b o a r d . q e ' h o u l d E i v e
p , i o i r y d r l e r ' r d u ' r n eI n i t r aIla n s u a g e ' n { r J c t . o n
havetor
10developingrecptileskills.Psycholinguisls
in languagelearn
yearspoinred1oa nalural sequence
asa p o.'lv
lisleninecomprehension
ing, emphasizing
et
have
experimental
ftepast
decade
Bui
onl)
in
skill.
ihe effecrof a receptive-to-product've
folts invesligaled
on secondl4guage acquisitionAll poinl
skillssequence
p
o
s
i
r
N
e
r e l a u o nb e r q e e lna n g u a Bceo m p r e h e n s i o n
r od
production(seeAsher,Gary,Postovskv,
laneuage
and
and winiu). lnded,Nord warnsthai our premature
on languaseproductionmiehl havedetrimenemphasis
tal effectson lansuagemastery.(If amount ol comp.ehensible
input is amajor variableaffeclinglluencv'
this has seliousimplicadonsfor teachercertification
The lack of fluent leachers larticularlv but no! ex
clusively on the secondarylevel-approaches the
lf we acceptthe imporlanceofconprehensiontrain
inc in loreign and secondlanguagelearninS,we must
.estrucrureour syllabi 10 developihe .eceptiveskills
*e elicit
early.bu! we mustslrictlycont.olthe laneuage
for production,sitce "premalureimmersionof a stuseltine
dentinto an unslructuredor freeconversadonal
ae
more
linguistic
strucrures
funddental
cenain
belore
or lessin placeis no1donewitbou! cost" (Higgsand
Clifford 74). Althoush nativelanguageinterlerenceis
nowbelievedto play a lesserrole in sludenleron than
*as lhoughtduringlhe heydayof audiolinsualisft,re
isstrongwhen
searchesmaintajnthat suchinlerierenc
learneBarecalledon 1oproducelansuagepatternslhev
"Apritude and Arhaveno! ye! 4cquiredGeeKrashen.
itude," and Newmark).
In e$ence,then, we nedto leachsiudent a reception grammd (sufficientrNosnitionofpattrnsto avoid
oi a nessage)and a
inlerlerencewith comprebension
producliongrammar(patternsfor activeusein oral or
srittn commuication).The receptiv
Srmmar canbe
taugh!morequicklyand in ereaterdepththanthe Pro'
l h e l d . r . o n l d e a r r o n c o n c e r n )r r a n ' f o r m i n sa
cudculun @anicularlvifit tollows
baricauysequential
model
srudural principlet inio a cyclicalor concentric
sben
he
slates
case
nakes
a
mos!
convincine
Co.der
until everfhins
I n lansuase,
nothinsislearnerlcomplelely
n le.med.If thisn so,thenno simplelinearsequence
A lo8icalsolutionlo rhk
for a syllabus
n apprcpriale.
p r o b l enms h e e m r o b e a
) c l i c . o r . p r a' tl r t J r e .
{ h ' . h r e q u ' r er d
h el e a r r . r ' o' e t u r nI m . a n dr i m ea B d i l
proce$'
structure,languaae
io someaspect
oflanguage
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