Structural syllabus

A structural syllabus, also known as a grammatical syllabus, is a product-oriented syllabus based on grammatical structures graded according to complexity.

It is one of the most traditional methods used in course design and typically formed the basis of the grammar translation and audiolingual methods. However, it also forms the basis for methods that are considered more "modern", such as Asher's Total Physical Response and Gattengo's The Silent Way.

The move towards a more communicative approach to language teaching in the 1970s led to syllabi such as the functional-notional and the task-based or procedural syllabus.