course description

The course description is a document that the teacher has to present to his students in order that they will have a general idea about the course agenda, its objectives, directions, and the needed materials. Actually, it works like a contract between the teacher, students, and the administration. Usually, the teacher presents his course description to his students at the beginning of the year by fixing the dates of each chapter or lesson, and thus, students will be aware of the development of their course. The course description has to specify a number of things. First of all, the subject being taught has to be clear from the beginning. For example "English course". Second, the level of students needs to be specified because even in the same class you can have students from different levels. So the teacher has to be aware of this fact. Third, the course objectives must be listed in the course description, in order that the learner be aware of them. Moreover, this step facilitates the planning of both the sequence of lessons and the individual lessons. Besides, the teacher has to specify what reading materials are essentials for the course and how the examinations are supposed to be. At the same type what gain is expected to take place from those examinations.