Notional-functional syllabus
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Notional Functional Syllabus
The Notional Functional Syllabus is based on the pragmatics of learning another language. It is structured on the functions of language in a culture. Because "notional" means, in this sense "general (abstract) ideas and specific (contexts or situations) idea ," "functional" mean "authentic tasks that can be accomplished using language," and "syllabus" means "the plan for a particular course," a Notional-Functional Syllabus is a theory of actions for the study of a second or foreign language. It cannot be called a methodology, because it does not delineate specific teaching methods.
Communicative language teaching came from the Notional-Functional Syllabus, but a Notional-Functional Syllabus cannot be called Communicative language teaching because it doesn't teach communicative competence.
What the Notional-Functional Syllabus is made to do is to give what should be focused on for language learners. If there were a Notional-Functional Syllabus book, some of the chapters would be like this in order:
Introductions, greetings, good-byes.
The chapters would not be organized around the order of acquisition, for example, as a structured syllabus might be.
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Brown, H. Douglas. Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Langauge Pedagogy. 2nd ed. White Plains, NY: Pearson, 2001.