Curriculum Development: Constraints and Resources

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Curriculum Development

TEACHING LANGUAGE 2
Constraints and Resources
The goal of a successful education program and an effective curriculum is always
required to meet the needs of the society, culture and the population being served. This becomes
an important reason for developing the curriculum which can be challenging at times. But the
successful development of a curriculum requires to consider the factors that may influence the
development of the curriculum.
Learners
Learners are one of the most important factors impacting the curriculum development.
The individual mental level of the students can have difficulty in attempting the coursework
designed. A lower score in any of the subjects and specifically in English might impact on the
curriculum development. The native capacity of the learner is of prime importance in
determining the effectiveness of the curriculum.
Teachers
As opined by Marcellino (2015), teachers act as a support system for students and
responsible for teaching according to the curriculum. Since teachers are equipped with necessary
skills and knowledge, they can effectively contribute for empowering and also altering the
curriculum. As suggested by Stronge (2018), it is true to the fact that no curriculum is perfect,
but teachers can create lesson plans according to the needs of the students. For the development
of any course, language is very important and the proficiency in English will provide
opportunities to students while studying and even after completing their education.
Institutional context
The micro factors such as teachers, students, school environment, life activities and
philosophy can impact the curriculum development. Academic’s social environment on the
curriculum development. The type of change the curriculum wants to bring will be influenced by
the philosophy of education. The individual capacities of the learners also determines their
engagement in the society as a person.
Socio-cultural context

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An effective planner and teacher characteristics form an important factor for curriculum
development. Technology is broad and expansive and helps in curriculum development but it
depends on the teachers if they utilize technology as an instructional aid. As opined by Glatthorn,
Boschee, Whitehead & Boschee (2018), social factors such as race, gender, ethnicity, status and
children with disabilities also influence every aspect of Curriculum development. Society’s
expectations is closely related to the curriculum.
Curriculum Plan
The current curriculum focuses on how an Intermediate Level learners will receive help
to develop proficiency in English language. This plan will seek to provide advanced language
learning experience by way of the curriculum that would build the knowledge and skills of the
students. As English is considered to be a common language of communication around the globe,
it becomes important for schools and education providers to modify their curriculum by
including English as a compulsory subject. As opined by Blackmore, Gribble & Rahimi (2017),
when students are proficient in English in their academic career, they have better opportunities of
getting well paid jobs in international companies. The only constants are funding and social and
political factors influencing the implementation of changes in the curriculum of students. In
terms of English ability level, students can range between average to above average and this can
be improved by adopting strategies in planning the curriculum for English language in the
school.
The first strategy would be preparing a holistic plan for the intermediate level curriculum
by focusing upon the learning in the junior levels and extending their learning by making English
as a compulsory language. If there is a continuity maintained between junior levels and senior
level English education, it would be easy to achieve better results. Students will be given
opportunity to brush their English skills through daily classroom activities such as role playing,
dialogue conversation, and recitations. The strategy would be make students competent in
English by integrating it into daily learning and teaching specifically improving their speaking
and writing skills. The program will be divided into advanced classes and lesser advanced
classes. In advance classes, students will be introduced with basic grammar such as difficult
grammar tasks and longer writing tasks. However, in less advanced classes, tenses, passives and