English for

6 
Answers 
It offers a framework that can be used as starting point when 
designing a syllabus. It allows us to rank and structure classroom 
activities and to plan the learning process. It also helps us to 
decide how we are going to assess that learning has occurred on 
the level we need. 
7 
Learners’ own answers. 
13 
Suggested answers 
The course titles are quite short; they don’t contain verbs, they 
do contain compound nouns (e.g. data management) are used; 
the words (except prepositions, conjunctions and articles) are 
capitalised; no articles are used.
14 
Learners’ own answers.
Follow-up
15 Set this activity as homework.
16, 17 In class, put learners in pairs. Ask them to discuss 
the questions using their findings from Activity 15.
Lesson 2 A syllabus that works 
Time: 90 minutes
By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to
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identify and use language patterns for describing course 
objectives
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formulate learning objectives applying Bloom’s taxonomy
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write a draft syllabus in English for a course they teach
Lead-in
1 
Learners’ own answers. 
Listening
2 
Learners’ own answers. 
3 
Answers
1 Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives 
2 Benjamin Bloom 
3 in 1956 
4 three domains (the Cognitive or Knowledge Domain, the 
Affective Domain, the Psychomotor Domain) 
5 classification
Audioscript 
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Lecturer: I was asked via Twitter to explain what Bloom’s 
Taxonomy is. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. 
What a title!
This model was first published in 1956 by Dr Benjamin 
Bloom, an American educational psychologist. Bloom’s model 
suggests that learning can be divided into three different 
areas, or domains; first, learning that results from the transfer 
of knowledge; second, learning that is about developing 
attitudes and finally, learning that results in acquiring skills.
However, the model uses more complicated language 
to name each of these areas. The first – the Cognitive or 
Knowledge Domain – explains a person’s ability to process 
and use information. The Affective Domain refers to attitudes 
such as feelings and emotions and their role in the learning 
process. And finally physical skills illustrate the Psychomotor 
Domain. 
OK, I hope that helps with domains. What about the 
‘taxonomy’ bit? 
This term is not too complicated either. ‘Taxonomy’ simply 
means the classification of something, or, in other words, in 
this context, a list of things that make up each of the three 
learning types that we have described. 

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