This document discusses the difference between goals and objectives in language education. Goals are general statements about desirable program aims based on learner needs, while objectives are more specific statements of the knowledge, behaviors, and skills students will acquire. Objectives have a hierarchical relationship to goals and describe how the goals will be achieved. The document provides examples of properly formulated goals and objectives, noting that objectives should specify a performance, conditions, and criteria. The process of setting goals and objectives involves gathering learner needs information, defining goals, and breaking goals down into measurable objectives.