Language Course Planning

This essential guide examines course planning as an end-to-end process, from

learners’ needs through to assessment, taking into account both the broader

issues and the practical details at every stage.

Areas covered include:

• effective needs analysis

• using the CEFR as a resource for course planning

• writing scenarios for classroom teaching and assessment

• triangulating course objectives, materials, and learners’ goals

• key terminology

Extra resources are available on the website:

www.oup.com/elt/teacher/lcp

Brian North is a co-author of the CEFR and of its companion volume, and was

Chair of Eaquals from 2005 to 2010.

Mila Angelova is the Academic Vice Chair of Eaquals and Head Director of

Studies at AVO Language and Examination Centre, in Sofia.

Elzbieta Jarosz is a member of the Eaquals Certification Panel and is the

Academic Director of Gama College, in Krakow.

Richard Rossner is a co-founder of Eaquals, and a co-author of the European

Profiling Grid and the Eaquals Framework.