Theory and practice in second language syllabus design

the relationship among efl learners’ autonomy, first language essay writing tasks and second language essay writing tasks in task/content based language instruction

the ability of composing a coherent and extended piece of writing in second language is considered as a fundamental factor to convey information and ideas of learners through the academic issues. although learners may achieve a perfect academic writing skill through assigning the l2 tasks in content based instruction, but demonstration of their abilities may be related to their ability in l1 es...

Language as Action in Design Meetings: From theory to practice

Quotations from the book Understanding Computers and Cognition: A new foundation for design by Winograd and Flores (W&F) [18] highlight concepts that even ten years after publication continue to be relevant for information system (IS) design. The observation that language creates reality has been a consistent influence in my own work within design meetings. I have synthesized additional concept...

Language Planning: Theory and Practice

Design theory and practice

The method of conducting research significantly influences its progress and quality. This study advocates for subscribing to the scientific method of performing research, namely, generating theories, conducting experiments to support or refute them, and refining the theories. The arguments in favor of this method are discussed in the two parts of the paper. Part I critically reviews General Des...

Web Design Curriculum and Syllabus Based on Web Design Practice and Students' Prior Knowledge

The Advanced Technical School from Novi Sad set up a completely new study group for web design in 2004. The paper explains its organization and gives course descriptions. When it was established, there were not many similar groups in the world exclusively dealing with web design, whose programs could serve as role models, hence the curriculum and syllabus had to be based on our own experience. ...