ABSTRACT. This study aims to: (1) To arrange the syllabus content within the syllabus which are appropriatefor dealing with Speaking during pandemic covid-19; (2) To find out the appropriate syllabus for teachingspeaking during a pandemic to create an effective process in teaching.A mixed-method study was employed on 20 students of the first semester at Tadulako University to testthe hypothesis. Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. A questionnaire was analyzed usingfrequency, and an interview was analyzed using interpretation and description.The result showed that (1) syllabus content created by students’ preferences topic and arranged by theneed of students; (2) syllabus designed by combining three types of the syllabus aretopical or content-basedsyllabus, an integrated syllabus, and competency-based syllabus. The three types of the syllabus are appropriatein designing a covid-19 based syllabus in teaching speaking 1.
Keywords: Syllabus content, syllabus designed