Evaluating Second Language Education

This book is a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training.

J. Charles Alderson (Edited by), Alan Beretta (Edited by)

9780521422697, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 February 1992

388 pages
22.8 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.578 kg

Responsibility for planning language teaching programmes 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. Evaluating Second Language Education is divided into three parts: • Part One presents a review of the literature showing how the field got to where it is • Part Two contains a series of eight original case-studies which illustrate the strengths and limitations of qualitative and quantitative approaches • Part Three contains practical advice on how to design and execute evaluations in the field. It is a valuable resource both for those already engaged in evaluation and for those in training.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL]