Teaching and Learning English in the Degree in Infant Education: A Proposal for a Content-Enhanced Syllabus Model

This paper presents a proposal for content-enhanced syllabus model aimed at teaching and learning English in the Degree Infant Education. The addresses challenge of providing meaningful opportunities to develop linguistic communicative competence learners. It acknowledges limitations general needs approach commonly used coursebook-driven Language Teaching (ELT) within this specific context. Instead, considers future professional Thus, main goals are learners' learning-to-learn competence, focusing on strategies self-directed resources, while fostering their language awareness, particularly terms pronunciation form-meaning mappings. Additionally, incorporates lexical, discourse-based that emphasizes importance multi-word units structure, second learning, use. prioritizes practices like noticing cognitive engagement, supported by thinking routines, as well exposure relevant rich input. In way, proposed translates into an instructional design based validated principles Second Acquisition. revolves around meaning-focused tasks, functional activities, utilization authentic multimodal materials. type requires active participation from learners, encouraging them take role own process. By implementing proposal, it is hoped learners will enhance ability learn effectively.