ELT Curriculum

The first article for today--chapter 3 of the Anthology--was about lesson planning. This chapter, to me, was very straight forward, since I spent all of last semester in a lesson planning class.  I really found the chapter 7 article on ELT curriculum to be very interesting.  Denise Finney describes how in today's research on some of the planning that is being done in language learning classrooms.  She proposes ideas of the major types of curriculum which include content (what is to be learned by/transmitted to the learner), objectives, and process (enable individuals to progress toward self-fulfillment).  But, as Finney points out that most classrooms tend to "be a blend of all three" (77).  I agree with Finney in a blending of all three of these approaches.  I can't image only going with one in a classroom setting, that would not seem beneficial for students.  Finney also states "there is a need for flexibility and openness to change and influences from the broader perspective of general education theory" (77).  I agree.  Students do not adhere to a cookie-cutter model, so why should we expect them to in our approaches?