Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English

Belgin Aydın; Meral Melek Unver; Bülent Alan; Sercan Sağlam

Eski ve yeniyi birleştirme: taba modeli ve evrensel dil ölçeği üzerine bir program geliştirme

Year 2017, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 304 - 320, 01.06.2017

Belgin Aydın Meral Melek Unver Bülent Alan Sercan Sağlam

Abstract

Bu çalışma yoğun yabancı dil eğitimi veren bir programda Taba Modeli ile Evrensel Dil Ölçeği (GSE) temel
alınarak geliştirilen programın hangi aşamalardan geçerek geliştirildiği sürecini anlatmaktadır. Öğretmen ve
öğrencilerin program geliştirilme sürecine dahil edilmesi gerekliliğini savunan Taba Modeli, dil yeterliliğini
granül bir şekilde ölçen psikometrik bir ölçme aracı olarak geliştirilmiş GSE ile birleştirilerek kurumun
ihtiyaçlarına özgü bir program geliştirilmiştir. Bu süreçte alınan kararlar, atılan adımlar ve geliştirilen programın
etkisi, gerekçeleri ile çalışmada anlatılmıştır. Geliştirilen program her ne kadar kuruma özgü olsa da, Taba
modelinin ve ölçeğin kurumun ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda nasıl uyarlanarak kullanıldığı bir model olarak
alınabilir. Bu çalışmada anlatılan deneyimden çıkarılabilecek dersler vekullanılan stratejiler başka bir program
geliştirme sürecinde kullanılabilir.

Keywords

Taba Modeli, Evrensel İngilizce Ölçeği, program geliştirme, tümevarım süreci, yabancı dil öğretimi.

Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English

Year 2017, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 304 - 320, 01.06.2017

Belgin Aydın Meral Melek Unver Bülent Alan Sercan Sağlam

Abstract

This paper explains the process of designing a curriculum based on the Taba Model and the Global Scale of
English (GSE) in an intensive language education program. The Taba Model emphasizing the involvement of the
teachers and the learners in the curriculum development process was combined with the GSE, a psychometric
tool measuring language proficiency in a granular structure to develop a context specific curriculum. The
decisions made, the steps taken and the impact of the new curriculum were explained with their rationales in the
paper. While the developed curriculum is a context specific one, how the Taba model and the scale were adopted
depending on the needs of the context in a bottom up approach can be used as a model for similar language
teaching contexts. There might be lessons and strategies to be taken from the experience here, which might be
followed in the curriculum processes in other institutions.

Keywords

Taba Model, Global Scale of English, curriculum development, bottom up process, foreign language teaching.

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Other ID	JA54NY76JZ
Journal Section	Research Article
Authors	Belgin Aydın This is me Meral Melek Unver This is me Bülent Alan This is me Sercan Sağlam This is me
Publication Date	June 1, 2017
Published in Issue	Year 2017 Volume: 13 Issue: 1

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APA	Aydın, B., Unver, M. M., Alan, B., Sağlam, S. (2017). Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 13(1), 304-320.
AMA	Aydın B, Unver MM, Alan B, Sağlam S. Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. June 2017;13(1):304-320.
Chicago	Aydın, Belgin, Meral Melek Unver, Bülent Alan, and Sercan Sağlam. “Combining the Old and the New: Designing a Curriculum Based on the Taba Model and the Global Scale of English”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13, no. 1 (June 2017): 304-20.
EndNote	Aydın B, Unver MM, Alan B, Sağlam S (June 1, 2017) Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13 1 304–320.
IEEE	B. Aydın, M. M. Unver, B. Alan, and S. Sağlam, “Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 304–320, 2017.
ISNAD	Aydın, Belgin et al. “Combining the Old and the New: Designing a Curriculum Based on the Taba Model and the Global Scale of English”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 13/1 (June 2017), 304-320.
JAMA	Aydın B, Unver MM, Alan B, Sağlam S. Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2017;13:304–320.
MLA	Aydın, Belgin et al. “Combining the Old and the New: Designing a Curriculum Based on the Taba Model and the Global Scale of English”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 2017, pp. 304-20.
Vancouver	Aydın B, Unver MM, Alan B, Sağlam S. Combining the old and the new: Designing a curriculum based on the taba model and the global scale of English. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2017;13(1):304-20.