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4 Juli 2023 | P-ISSN: 2829-0488E-ISSN: 2829-0518, Halaman 109-113

CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

Shifa Soraya Lestari 1, Hesty Widiastuty 2

1,2 Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, English Education Study Program, IAIN Palangkaraya

Article History Abstract: Designing an English language curriculum is about creating, implementing
Received : 7-Juli-2023 and evaluating a curriculum that meets the specific needs of students. It is a flexible
Revised : 7-Juli-2023 process, evolving over time and shaped by student needs, collective contributions and
Accepted : 14-Juli-2023 past experiences. Curriculum design is no longer a one-size-fits-all approach, and
Published : 14-Juli-2023 teachers now have the freedom to design programs that meet the specific needs of their
students. Teachers work together to develop a program that meets the needs of their
Corresponding author*: students. The goal is to design a program that meets the needs of the students, not the
Shifa Soraya Lestari teacher.Teachers now have access to a wealth of research on language learning and
teaching that can inform curriculum development. Through a combination of in-depth
Contact: research and cutting-edge practice, curriculum design is now used extensively in
shifasorayalestari @gmail.com ESL/EFL language courses around the world. In curriculum design, there is now more
emphasis on developing a model over time, and teachers are now more focused on
Cite This Article: designing a curriculum that builds students' knowledge and skills over time, rather than
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just them involve in activities. Curriculum design is an important part of teaching
H. . CURRICULUM DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLISH English as it directly impacts teaching and learning and influences student success..
LANGUAGE TEACHING. Jurnal Keywords: curicullum design, curicullum developmrnt, curicullum in english language
Ilmiah Multidisiplin, 2(04). teaching.

DOI: Abstrak: Merancang kurikulum bahasa Inggris adalah tentang menciptakan,

https://doi.org/10.56127/jukim.v mengimplementasikan, dan mengevaluasi kurikulum yang memenuhi kebutuhan spesifik
2i04.812 siswa. Ini adalah proses yang fleksibel, berkembang dari waktu ke waktu dan dibentuk
oleh kebutuhan siswa, kontribusi kolektif, dan pengalaman masa lalu. Desain kurikulum
tidak lagi merupakan pendekatan satu ukuran untuk semua, dan guru sekarang memiliki
kebebasan untuk merancang program yang memenuhi kebutuhan spesifik siswa mereka.
Para guru bekerja sama untuk mengembangkan program yang memenuhi kebutuhan
siswa mereka. Tujuannya adalah untuk merancang program yang memenuhi kebutuhan
siswa, bukan guru, dan guru sekarang memiliki akses ke banyak penelitian tentang
pembelajaran dan pengajaran bahasa yang dapat menginformasikan pengembangan
kurikulum. Melalui kombinasi penelitian mendalam dan praktik mutakhir, desain
kurikulum sekarang digunakan secara luas dalam kursus bahasa ESL/EFL di seluruh
dunia. Dalam desain kurikulum, sekarang ada lebih banyak penekanan pada
pengembangan model dari waktu ke waktu, dan guru sekarang lebih fokus pada desain
kurikulum yang membangun pengetahuan dan keterampilan siswa dari waktu ke waktu,
daripada hanya melibatkan siswa dalam kegiatan. Desain kurikulum merupakan bagian
penting dalam pengajaran bahasa Inggris karena secara langsung berdampak pada proses
belajar mengajar dan mempengaruhi keberhasilan siswa.
Kata Kunci: kurikulum desain, pengembangan kurikulum, kurikulum dalam pengajaran
bahasa inggris.

INTRODUCTION
The word of “curriculum” comes from the Latin "currere" which means running field. In Education, the
curriculum is one of the tools used to achieve educational goals and becomes a guideline in the
implementation of learning at all types and levels of education. The curriculum must be in accordance
with the philosophy and foundation of the state, namely Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution which
describes the view of life of a nation.

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Designing an English language curriculum is about creating, implementing and evaluating a curriculum
that meets the specific needs of students. Curriculum design does not have a single best approach, but
evolves over time and is shaped by student needs, community contributions and past experiences. A well-
designed curriculum has a direct impact on how the teacher teaches and how the student learns. Because
curriculum design has a direct impact on teaching and learning and influences student outcomes, it is an
important part of teaching English. Many English teachers have been involved in curriculum development
in one way or another throughout their careers and can therefore benefit from an understanding of the
processes involved.Simply put, curriculum design is the process of creating a curriculum and learning
plan that achieves the desired learning outcomes.

Curicullum refers to the overall plan or design for a course and how the content of a course is tranformed
into a blueprint for teaching and learning which enables the desired learning outcomes to be achieved
(Richards, 2013, p 363). Curicullum design refers to the ways in which we position the curriculum
components. Regardless of the supporting curriculum model, all curriculum designs endeavour to address
four curriculum components why do we initiate instruction or aims What should we teach to realize our
set aims and objectives. How can we interconnect target learning experiences. What have we realized and
what actions should we take accordingly in relation to the instructional program, learners, and teachers
Although most, if not all, curriculum designs include these four components, they significantly differ in
how they address these elements, because of the curriculum philosophy and model on which a design is
based. For example, subject-matter-based designs, which overplaying the logical organization of content,
and the learner-centered ones, which focus on the learners and their needs, entail different treatments of
the four curriculum components. The following sections very briefly highlight the process of curriculum
design. This will involve general overviews of major related sources, curriculum conceptualization and
curriculum design stages, in addition to modern issues of classroom-level teacher curriculum design and
classroom-level teacher professional development.

Curriculum development is as planned, a purposeful, progressive, and systematic process to create

positive improvements in the educational system. Every time there are changes or developments
happening around the world, the school curricula are affected. There is a need to addres to society’s
needs. Curriculum development is an essentially practical activity to improve the quality of language
teaching through the use of systematic planning, development, and review practices in all aspects of a
language program. update them to address the society’s needs.

Given the importance of curriculum development in formal education, the curriculum has become a
dynamic process due to the changes that occur in our society. Therefore, in its broadest sense, curriculum
refers to the “total learning experiences of individuals not only in school but society as well” (Bilbao et
al., 2008). The process of curriculum development covers determining learners’ needs, developing aims
or objectives to address the needs, determining an appropriate syllabus, course structure, teaching
methods, and materials, and carrying out an evaluation of the language program that results from these
activities.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This study uses a qualitative approach method. Reseacrhes use this method because the qualitative
approach method is a method the focuses on in depth obseevation. Therefore, the use of a qualitative
approarch in research can produce a more compeherensive study of ap phenomenon. Because this
research aims to analyze Curicullum Design and Development in English language Teaching.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

There is no single best approach to designing English language teaching programs, rather it evolves over
time and is shaped by student needs, collaboration and past experience. “A well-designed program has a
direct impact on how the teacher teaches and how the student learns. Because the curriculum.” Design has
a direct impact on teaching and learning and shapes student performance. It is an important part of
teaching English. VeryEnglish teachers are involved in some way in curriculum development during their
teaching career, so they can benefit from understanding the processes involved.

Curriculum design is about the creation, implementation and evaluation of a syllabus, which is the master
plan or blueprint for a course, and the manner in which course content is translated into a teaching and
learning plan. Learning that achieves desired learning outcomes.English curriculum design is a flexible

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process, evolving over time and shaped by student needs, contributions to teamwork and past experience.
The language program combines in-depth research and theory with cutting-edge practice and is widely
used in ESL/EFL language teaching around the world.

Simply defined, curriculum design is the process of working on an informed plan for teaching and
learning, and it is an essential undertaking wherever English is taught and learned in an organized setting.
These settings might include an intensive English program, a primary or secondary school, a university
pathway program, or an adult education program, among others. During the curriculum design process,
instructors, administrators, and stakeholders work together to identify their particular program’s mission
and goals and learners’ needs. They can then develop a framework for what will be the focus and
organization, or scope and sequence, of teaching and learning. In this way, they situate their curriculum
design in the local context in which learning is taking place. Once they implement the new curriculum,
they can begin evaluating it and making adjustments if necessary. The stages in the curicullum design
proccess that we describe are ilustrated in figure. The starting point is a clear curriculum assignment or
question to answer, but as you can see, there is no clear end poin

Figure 1. The Process of Curicullum Design Outline

Hilda Taba was an Estonian-American educator who developed the curriculum development model that is
widely used in education today. Taba's model is an interactive model that emphasizes the importance of
student involvement in the curriculum development process. Taba emphasized that the curriculum should
be student-centred and based on the needs and interests of the students. He said the program should be
dynamic and responsive to the changing needs and contexts ofstudents and the general public and be
developed through a participatory and democratic process involving all stakeholders.
The Taba model includes the following steps:
1. Diagnosing student needs
2. goal Formulation
3. selection of conten
4. torganize content
5. A selection of learning experiences
6. organization of learning experiences
7. Determine what will be assessed and how it will be conducted

Highlights of using the Taba model in the classroom include:

• Encourage students to participate in the curriculum development process
• Emphasize the importance of student-centred learning.
• The program is dynamic and responsive to the changing needs and contexts of students and
society. The curriculum is developed in a participatory and democratic process involving all
stakeholders.

Limitations of using the Taba model in the classroom include:

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• This may not be appealing to program designers who prefer to consider the more global aspects
of the program before going into detail
• The model can be felt to be stiff
• The Taba model restricted curriculum development or planning to teachers only and not to
higher authorities

Figure 2. Hilda Taba’s Curriculum Model

CONCLUSION
Designing English language programs is a flexible process that evolves over time and is shaped by
student needs, contributions to teamwork and past experiences. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to
curriculum design, and teachers now have the freedom to design programs that meet the specific needs of
their students. Curriculum design is now more collaborative, student-centric, inquiry-oriented, and
focused on developing models over time. Based on research, it is recommended that the layout of an
English language CV is as follows:
1. Flexible and adaptable to specific student needs.
2. collaboration, in which teachers work together to develop a program that meets the needs of their
students.
3. Student-centric with an emphasis on designing a program that meets the needs of the student, not
the teacher.
4. Research-based, where teachers draw on sound research and leading practice to design their
curriculum.
5. focuses on the development of the outline over time, with teachers developing a curriculum that
develops students' knowledge and skills over time, rather than just engaging them in activities.

In summary, curriculum design is an important part of teaching English as it directly affects teaching and
learning and influences student achievement. By following the above recommendations, teachers can
design a program that meets students' needs and helps them achieve their language learning goals.

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