Goals and Objectives in language teaching

Goals & Objective

A guide to differenciate these two concepts.

Goals

Objectives

Objectives

Differences

Arguments

Need Analysis

Establish general goals

Consider potencial objetives

State clear and unambigous objectives

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Adaptada por Ricardo Arreola Fernández

Goals can be stated in Cognitive or Affective domains.

Break the goals into the smallsts unit of study.

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

Objetices are specific statements for particular purposes

General

Specific

These can be based on functionalsituational andstructural issues.

Include three characteristics:

• Perfomance
• Conditions
• Criterion.

Process from Goals to Objectives

Objectives become Instructional Objectives when they contain:

• subject
• performance
• conditions
• measure
• criterion

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

• 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

Cognitive are based on the knowledge or skills to develop.

Affective is related to emotions, feelings and values.