Module manager: Bee Bond
Email: b.bond@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
By completing the module, participants will reach an in-depth understanding and be able to critique current knowledge and issues in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) related to curriculum and syllabus design and assessment. Students will also be asked to demonstrate the development in their understanding of the field by developing their own syllabus based on a needs analysis and demonstrate how it is context appropriate and based on clear EAP-informed principles and values
In this module you will consider approaches to and theories for needs analysis, syllabus and curriculum design in different EAP contexts. You will focus on assessment and feedback in syllabus design.
You will apply this to practice by analysing example syllabuses, including how they incorporate assessments, and by developing your own syllabus for a specific context.
Discipline Knowledge:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the underpinning theories and principles that inform an EAP curriculum/syllabus and assessment design.
2. Analyse and critique a range of EAP curricula and syllabuses.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
Pedagogical knowledge:
3. Develop an EAP syllabus that reflects a clear philosophy of teaching.
Research and professional competency:
4. Use needs analysis, including questionnaire and ethnographic study to design syllabus, assessment and feedback tasks that reflect the learning intentions of a syllabus.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 3 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Lecture | 10 | 0.5 | 5 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1.5 | 15 |
| Independent online learning hours | 20 | ||
| Private study hours | 108.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 21.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
There are two formative tasks. The first is a comparison of different syllabus types, to be completed for asynchronous class discussion. Class feedback from this will support students in the critical analysis task. The second formative task requires students to conduct a needs analysis. The outcome of this will feedforward and inform the final task of designing a syllabus.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Essay - Critical Analysis | 40 |
| Coursework | Assignment - Design a needs-based, context specific syllabus with rationale. | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 12/02/2025
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