Evaluating Second Language Education

by Alderson, J. Charles; Beretta, Alan

• ISBN13: 9780521422697
• ISBN10: 0521422698
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-04-01
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Series editors' preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. Evaluation of Language Education: An Overview Alan Beretta: Part II. Case Studies of Current Practice: 1. Insiders, outsiders and participatory evaluation J. Charles Alderson and Mike Scott

2. Evaluating a program inside and out Brian Lynch

3. The 'independent' evaluation of bilingual primary education: a narrative account Rosamond Mitchell

4. Issues in evaluating input-based language teaching programs Adrian Palmer

5. Program-defining evaluation in a decade of eclecticism Steven Ross

6. evaluation of classroom interaction Assia Slimani

7. Moving the goalposts: project evaluation in practice Hywel Coleman

8. What can be learned from the Bangalore Evaluation Alan Beretta

Part III. Guidelines for the Evaluation of Language Education J. Charles Alderson

Appendices.