《意念的教学大纲》业已表明自己是一本语言教师的重要著作。本书分成三大部分:第一部分,介绍总论点,反对教学大纲内容的传统解释;第二部分,具体阐明若干意念范畴;第三部分,讨论意念概念的应用。在第一部分中,威尔金斯区分了他称之为分析和综合的语言学习方略(language—learn—ng strategies)。前者指望那些用分析式接受学习内容的学生把未经分析的语言材料转换 The Syllabus of Ideas has shown itself to be an important book for language teachers. This book divides into three major parts: The first part, introduces the general thesis, opposes the traditional explanation of the content of the syllabus; The second part, the concrete elucidation of a number of concept areas; The third part, discusses the concept of concept application. In the first part, Wilkins distinguishes what he calls the language-learn-ng strategies for analysis and synthesis. The former expects students who analyze analytically accepted content to translate unanalyzed language material