ELT PRESETT CURRICULUM REFORM PROJECT UPDATE
PROJECT AIM
To achieve lasting improvement in the standard of English language teaching in Uzbekistan by enhancing the learning experience of ELT PRESETT students and by setting clear exit standards in language referred to international standards for ELT PRESETT.
COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT
Development of the curriculum
Development for students
Development for teachers
Development for curriculum
designers
CURRICULUM DESIGNERS’ TEAM
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM
Year 1 CoursesListening and
Speaking WritingReadingIntegrated SkillsVocabularyGrammarIndependent Study
Skills
Year 2 coursesListening and SpeakingWritingReadingIntegrated SkillsVocabularyDiscourse AnalysisLanguage LearningApproaches to teaching and
LearningTeaching Language Systems
for Communication
PILOT
Year 1 curriculum is piloted in 18 institutions
KokSPI BukhSU
NamSU TerSUFerSU TRPIKarSU KarSUKarSPI JizSPINavSPI TSPU
Year 2 curriculum is piloted in 6 institutions
UzSWLUNUUASPILSamSIFLGulSUUrSU
DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS
Trainings for teachers piloting the new curriculum
On site trainings (June 2009) Trainings in Tashkent (August 2009) PRESETT Yahoo Group!
CURRICULUM EVALUATION
Oxford Placement Tests administered in experimental and control groups at the beginning and end of the academic year
Questionnaires for students Questionnaires for teachers
FEEDBACKI’m so happy that I had a chance to study in the experimental group. Now I can feel progress with my English.
Discussions, presentations, project works, debates helped me a lot. I learnt more than I expected
FEEDBACKI’ve been getting quite a lot of useful instructions and directions on the course specifications_during these 4 day trainings._Thanks dear team!
The project really helps me to develop personally and professionally!
IN GENERAL...
I found this curriculum useful motivating helpful to my learning of English up-to-date in its content and approach
Thanks for Your Attention!