EVALUATION

Meer zoals dit

Hack U

door Gary Sibbitts

Carl Rogers Person Centred Theory

door angela carberry

Focus on Grammar through Processing Instruction

door Tatiana Ichina

headache Concept map

door kellyanne fontaine

Depends on the characteristics of the individual teaching situation

Concerned with people’s perception of value

Final report to make decisions

Take into account students’ needs as learners and users.

When should evaluation take place?

After the course

At the end of the course

At irregular intervals of the course

In the first week of the course

Who should be involved in the evaluation?

Former students

Course sponsors

Learners

The ESP teachers

The ESP teaching institution

How can ESP courses be evaluated?

Informal means

Interviews

Discussions

Questionnaires

Test results

What should be evaluated?

Ability to use the information gathered

Ability to collect the information

Everything of significance

Proficiency tests

Give a reliable indication if a candidate is able to carry out the tasks required

There is no pass/fail distinction but degrees of proficiency in the task

Assess whether or not Ss can cope with learning demands

Look to the future situation of language use without any reference to the previous teaching process

Placement tests

Show potential for learning to be worked in the ESP course

Developed at the beginning of a course

Assess general ability rather than specific points of learning

Used to place Ss in the right level according to their needs

Achievements tests

Reflect the nature and content of the course

It is internal to the course

Developed at any time of the course

Accumulate evidence of study in order to see whether and where the progress has been reached in terms of learning goals

There are four main aspects to be considered

COURSE EVALUATION

Helps to assess if the course is meeting the aims

Helps to assess if the courses objectives are being followed based on the previous design

There are three basic types of assessment to determine the areas of weaknesses of learners.

LEARNER ASSESSMENT

The results of this type of evaluation enable Ts and Ss to decide whether and how much tuition is required.

It is concerned with the ability to perform particular communicative tasks.

Two levels of evaluation which provide feedback on the ESP course

EVALUATION

Evaluation of the learners reflects students’ performance and effectiveness of the course.

Evaluation deals with two specific functions: assessment and feedback.

Evaluation of the learners indicates the existence of a fault somewhere.

The main purpose of evaluation is to determine the quality of a program by formulating a judgment.

It is a systematic process of gathering information for purposes of making decisions.