GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
- Goals
Program goals are defined in this book as
general statements concerning desirable and attainable program purpose and aims
based on perceived language and situation needs. In deriving goals from perceived needs, four points should be
remembered:
1. Goals
are general statements of the program’s purpose.
2. Goals should usually focus on what the program
hopes to accomplish in the future, and particularly on what the students should
be able to do when they leave the program.
3. Goals can serve as one basis for developing
more precise and observable objectives.
4. Goals should never be viewed as permanent,
that is, they should never become set in cement.
The process of
defining goals makes the curriculum developers and participants consider, or reconsider,
the program’s purposes with specific reference to what the student should be
able to do when they leave the program.
