{"id":19171,"date":"2022-06-13T09:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.edu\/tefl\/blog\/?p=19171"},"modified":"2022-06-13T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:02:50","slug":"instructional-and-curricular-design-esl-efl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridge.edu\/tefl\/blog\/instructional-and-curricular-design-esl-efl\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional and Curricular Design in ESL\/EFL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s no doubt that, as an English teacher, you want to help your students achieve their goals for learning English, but how can you make sure that your lesson materials and methods will work towards students’ specific needs? One key to tailoring your ESL courses is using instructional and curriculum design, which is also a field you can build a career in. Let\u2019s get into the nitty-gritty of instructional and curricular design in ESL\/EFL and how you can use them to create custom courses for your English learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earn Specialized Certification in Designing Custom Courses to learn the skills you need to create quality ESL\/EFL content for specific groups of students.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is instructional design?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019s helping teachers use the right techniques or engaging learners, building a course involves a lot of planning and requires utilizing the right tools. A huge part of this is instructional design, which focuses on the most effective ways to create and deliver educational material or a course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping in mind how<\/em> students learn specific topics, an instructional designer typically:<\/p>\n\n\n