As the linguistic attention of the ELT academic community continues to move away from the concerns of second language syllabi designs found in CLT or Task-based learning, there are questions among many as to what form the current paradigm shift will take as we approach the next century This paper reviews several of the issues currently surrounding today's second language syllabus designs, and offers a forecast of language syllabus designs expected to nse and fall in the years to come. It is felt that, by reviewing where we have been, important clues may be found as to where we may be going in the next few years as an academic community.
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