Evaluation of Notional-functional Syllabus

摘要

Notional-functional syllabus is considered as the most popular syllabus among all the structure not simply because it is a semantically based syllabus. It takes the"notion"and"function"as the organizing principles. Organizing principles of syllabus design cannot solely depend on grammatical categories; it should take communicative considerations into account as well.Only by examining its pros and cons comprehensively, can we maximize its utility in our language classes.