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Contents of a Text-Based Syllabus

As its name implies, the core units of planning in TBI are text types. These are 

identified through needs analysis and through the analysis of language as it is 

used in different settings (text-based teaching thus has much in common with 

an ESP approach to language teaching, discussed above). However the syllabus 

also usually specifies other components of texts, such as grammar, vocabulary, 

topics, and functions; hence, it is a type of mixed syllabus, one which integrates 

reading, writing, and oral communication, and which teaches grammar through 

the mastery of texts rather than in isolation.

The following text types are included in the Certificates in Spoken and 

Written English,

 which are widely taught language qualifications in Australia.

Exchanges 

Simple exchanges relating to information and goods and 

services

 

Complex or problematic exchanges

 

Casual conversation

Forms 

Simple formatted texts

 

Complex formatted texts

Procedures 

Instructions

 

Procedures

 

Protocols