Program Evaluation in Language Education

Program Evaluation in Language Education

Author: R. Kiely

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-07-26

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 0230511228

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The authors describe evaluation as a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluation contexts, functions and approaches, documenting the ways in which evaluation processes and outcomes inform and facilitate program development, and contribute to explaining how language and teacher education programs constitute opportunities for learning. The ways in which evaluation practice can be researched and developed to maximize policy, institutional and program effectiveness is included, and a comprehensive set of resources for those commissioning, undertaking or researching language program evaluations concludes the text.


Language Program Evaluation

Language Program Evaluation

Author: Brian K. Lynch

Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9783125332140

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Combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to second language program evaluation.


Evaluating Second Language Education

Evaluating Second Language Education

Author: J. Charles Alderson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1992-02-27

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780521422697

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"Counter Responsibility for planning language teaching programs now carries with it a strong element of accountability. Evaluation of the whole process of course design, development, and implementation is therefore a necessary area of activity for course designers, language planners, and researchers. This book brings together accounts of recent work in this increasingly important field and will be a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training. Part One presents a review of the literature, covering past developments in the wider field of educational evaluation, as well as specifically in second language education. Part Two contains a series of eight original case-studies, written by scholars involved in evaluations in widely divergent settings. The focus in each case is on how the evaluator addresses the difficulties central to each study, and the findings are also included. The final Part Three provides practical guidance for evaluators, offering suggestions about how to set up and carry out evaluations in any given setting."--Publisher's website.


Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education

Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education

Author: John McE. Davis

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2018-03-01

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1626165416

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The specific—and varied—ways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes. Useful Assessment and Evaluation in Language Education showcases contemporary research that explores innovative uses of assessment and evaluation in a variety of educational contexts. Divided into three parts, this volume first examines theoretical considerations and practical implementations of assessment conducted for the purpose of enhancing and developing language learning. Part 2 addresses novel assessment development and implementation projects, such as the formative use of task-based assessments, technology-mediated language performance assessment, validation of educational placement tests for immigrant learners, and the use of assessment to help identify neurolinguistic correlates of proficiency. The final section of the book highlights examples of argument-based approaches to assessment and evaluation validation, extending this critical framework to quality assurance efforts in new domains. Adding to research on traditional and conventional uses of testing and evaluation in language education, this volume captures innovative trends in assessment and evaluation practice that explicitly aim to better inform and enhance language teaching and learning.


A Guide to Useful Evaluation of Language Programs

A Guide to Useful Evaluation of Language Programs

Author: John McE. Davis

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1626165777

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This guide, designed to help language educators meet the needs of program evaluation and assessment often requested by their institutions, provides step-by-step advice to help educators conduct evaluation and assessment and to show how it can lead to meaningful programmatic change and provide useful data on which to base curricular decisions.


Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment

Validity Evaluation in Language Assessment

Author: John Michael Norris

Publisher: Language Testing and Evaluation

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783631549469

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This book explores the notion of «validity evaluation» as a means for helping educators to ensure the utility and worth of their assessment practices. With a particular focus on foreign language testing, the author challenges assessment traditions and argues for a fundamental reconceptualization of assessments and their validation in language teaching and other educational settings. Following a critical review of test validity standards and methods within educational measurement, the author then proposes a comprehensive alternative approach to validation based upon program evaluation methodology. A report of a multi-year case study completes the volume, providing in-depth analyses of how validity evaluation methods were applied by foreign language educators in meeting the assessment needs of a German program at a US university.


Blended Language Program Evaluation

Blended Language Program Evaluation

Author: Paul Gruba

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 113751437X

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Advocating an argument-based approach, Blended Language Program Evaluation presents a framework for planning, conducting, and appraising evaluation of blended language learning across three institutional levels, and demonstrates its utility and application in four case studies carried out in diverse international contexts.


Dual Language Education

Dual Language Education

Author: Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781853595318

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Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.


The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning

The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning

Author: Carol A. Chapelle

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-12-05

Total Pages: 522

ISBN-13: 1119108470

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The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning presents a comprehensive exploration of the impact of technology on the field of second language learning. The rapidly evolving language-technology interface has propelled dramatic changes in, and increased opportunities for, second language teaching and learning. Its influence has been felt no less keenly in the approaches and methods of assessing learners' language and researching language teaching and learning. Contributions from a team of international scholars make up the Handbook consisting of four parts: language teaching and learning through technology; the technology-pedagogy interface; technology for L2 assessment; and research and development of technology for language learning. It considers how technology assists in all areas of language development, the emergence of pedagogy at the intersection of language and technology, technology in language assessment, and major research issues in research and development of technologies for language learning. It covers all aspects of language including grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, speaking, pragmatics, and intercultural learning, as well as new pedagogical and assessment approaches, and new ways of conceiving and conducting research and development. The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning demonstrates the extensive, multifaceted implications of technology for language teachers, learners, materials-developers, and researchers.


Task-Based Language Teaching

Task-Based Language Teaching

Author: Rod Ellis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1108494080

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A comprehensive account of the research and practice of task-based language teaching.