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2004-01-01

Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests

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Curriculum, Curricular Unit Platform, Constructivism, Teaching- Communicative Language, Task-Based Approach (en)

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  • Aleida Ariza Ariza Author
A basic component of any language program is the construction of the curriculum. There is a variety of approaches to curriculum planning and implementation from the technical production perspective to the critical view. The current article emerged from the analysis of the syllabus in a Basic English course in the undergraduate program at Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the design and implementation of a curricular unit. Such unit proved to be a powerful tool to connect what was set in the program, what students needed in terms of language and what they were interested in terms of culture. Key words: Curriculum, Curricular Unit Platform, Constructivism, Teaching- Communicative Language, Task-Based Approach Un componente esencial en un programa de idiomas es la construcción del currículo. Existe una gran variedad de enfoques en términos del diseño y la implementación del currículo; desde una perspectiva reducida a la producción técnica, hasta una visión crítica y transformadora. El presente artículo se gesta a partir tanto del análisis de un programa correspondiente al curso Inglés Básico I en la licenciatura ofrecida por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, como del diseño y la implementación de una unidad curricular. Dicha unidad curricular se caracterizó por convertirse en una herramienta de conexión entre los contenidos y procedimientos planteados en un programa y las necesidades comunicativas e intereses culturales de los estudiantes. Palabras claves: Currículo, Plataforma Curricular, Unidad Curricular, Constructivismo, Lenguas Extranjeras-Enseñanza Comunicativa, Enfoque basado en Tareas

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APA

Ariza Ariza, A. (2004). Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 5(1), 140–157. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221

ACM

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Ariza Ariza, A. 2004. Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development. 5, 1 (Jan. 2004), 140–157.

ACS

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Ariza Ariza, A. Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. 2004, 5, 140-157.

ABNT

ARIZA ARIZA, A. Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 5, n. 1, p. 140–157, 2004. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221. Acesso em: 25 apr. 2024.

Chicago

Ariza Ariza, Aleida. 2004. “Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 5 (1):140-57. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221.

Harvard

Ariza Ariza, A. (2004) “Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 5(1), pp. 140–157. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221 (Accessed: 25 April 2024).

IEEE

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A. Ariza Ariza, “Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests”, Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev., vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 140–157, Jan. 2004.

MLA

Ariza Ariza, A. “Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 5, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 140-57, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221.

Turabian

Ariza Ariza, Aleida. “Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2004): 140–157. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221.

Vancouver

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Ariza Ariza A. Curricular Units: Powerful Tools to Connect the Syllabus with Students’ Needs and Interests. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2004 Jan. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];5(1):140-57. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11221

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