A Guide to Useful Evaluation of Language Programs - Hardcover

John McE. Davis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1626165769 ISBN 13: 9781626165762

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2018

Synopsis

One of the most difficult questions in education is, how do we know that students have learned what we are trying to teach them? This is particularly difficult for language teachers, who struggle with evaluating their programs and curricula with limited resources and, often, without linguistics knowledge (most especially, without an understanding of SLA). This volume, written chiefly by John Davis and Todd McKay with additional contributors, will provide a step-by-step instructional advice to help language educators conduct a program evaluation, from initial planning through to project design, data collection, analysis, and use of results, to aid teachers and programs in determining whether or not their program is achieving their goals. The book will be useful for those with limited knowledge in this area who are tasked with determining the efficacy of their program and curriculum. 
     Written by a seasoned program evaluator and students in GU's reknowned linguistics program, this short book is practical and timely, and will find an audience in all languages (including EFL) and at all levels.  

About this title

About the Author

John McE. Davis is Evaluation Specialist at the Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State (Contractor with Yorktown Systems Group). His research interests include language program evaluation, language assessment, and questionnaire research methods. Todd H. McKay is a Ph.D. candidate in applied linguistics and research assistant with the Assessment and Evaluation Language Resource Center at Georgetown University. His research interests include language assessment, language program evaluation, and applied measurement, with emphases on the less commonly taught languages and language programs in South Asia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626165769
• ISBN 13: 9781626165762
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 132
• Editor: John McE. Davis, Todd H. McKay