M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

COMPONENTS OF SPECIFIC LEARING OBJECTIVES 
In general, there are four criteria for the formulation of learning objectives: 
1. Behaviors: What students should be able to achieve regarding the subject matter in 
question. To this end, choose verb that are in keeping with the activity that you expect 
from students. 
2. Content: Details of the substantive material that the student must be able to apply to 
the activity in question. Describe this substantive material in the most specific terms 
possible. For instance, avoid”statistical units”, instead use “mean”, “mode”, etc. 
3. Conditions: under what conditions should the students display the behavior in 
question? For example, can they use SPSS, or a calculator, or the article 
by………….. The conditions set may affect your choice of teaching method (or 
methods), and the learning activities used by students to achieve the learning 
objectives. 
4. Standard: What is the minimum level of performance that you consider to be 
successful; what do students need to do to obtain a pass grade for their work? For 
example, write a policy analysis of the defined problem in no more than two hours, 
enumerating the pros and cons of centralizing a department. 
 
 

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An example:  
standard 
behaviour 
On concluding this subject course, students will be able to cite four differences 
between the socioeconomic problems of the Australian aboriginals and the South 
American Indians Using Richardson’s perspective 
In short, you must formulate learning objectives as specifically as possible, so that 
students understand exactly what they are expected to know and to achieve, within 
what period of time, using 
What methods, under what circumstances and using what tools. 
VERBS 
the learning objective should be formulated such that it can only be 
understood in one way! Accordingly, avoid vague verbs such as: 
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Know 
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Understand 
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Appreciate 
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Have an understanding of 
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Know the meaning of 
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Be aware of 
Preferably use unambiguous action verbs such as: 
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Name 
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Write 
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Draw 
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Indicate 
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Solve 
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Perform 
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Analysis 
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Select 
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Demonstrate 
condition 
content 

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Construct 
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Explain 
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Distinguish between 
More verbs 
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