Goals and Objectives in language teaching

Affective is related to emotions, feelings and values.

Cognitive are based on the knowledge or skills to develop.

• from behaviour to instructional
• the more specific the more useful
• should be observable not trivial
• can be design by teachers
• can be linked to many language issues

• are related to behaviourism
• there are unquantified things
• trivialization of teaching
• limit teachers' freedom
• lang. learning implies more than objetives

• subject
• performance
• conditions
• measure
• criterion

Objectives become Instructional Objectives when they contain:

Process from Goals to Objectives

Include three characteristics:

• Perfomance
• Conditions
• Criterion.

These can be based on functional situational and structural issues.

Specific

General

Objetices are specific statements for particular purposes

Goals are the general statements for the purpose of a programme..

Break the goals into the smallsts unit of study.

Goals can be stated in Cognitive or Affective domains.

Adaptada por Ricardo Arreola Fernández

State clear and unambigous objectives

Consider potencial objetives

Establish general goals

Need Analysis

Arguments

Differences

Objectives

Objectives

Goals

A guide to differenciate these two concepts.

Goals & Objective