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ESP PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
Elements of language curriculum
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A. O6er6ie7 of curriculum
Anthony (1965 ) provides a framework for comparing and understanding
the relationships among the various different language teaching activities that
he identified even at the early date. His framework includes three categories
into which all such activities can e classified !
1. Approach" encompasses all points of view on the nature of language andnature of language teaching and learning
#. $ethod" to descri e different plans for presenting language to students in
anorderly manner
%. &echni'ue" to define what actually happens in classroom
Adapted from ichards ogers ( 19*# )
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$c+ay ( 19,* ) descri e the types of sylla uses that have used in
language teaching. -he focuses on sylla uses" which she define as different
ways of organi ing and planning language teaching and learning. -he points to
ways of organi ation that have appeared during the history of language
teaching!
1. -tructural sylla uses
#. -ituational sylla uses
%. /ational -ylla uses
&hree categories " help teachers understand the nature of at least one
aspect of teaching languages" in this case" ways of organi ing their teaching.
#our 1ategories of Language teac%ing Acti6ities
1. Approaches ! 0ays of defining what and how the students need to learn
#. -ylla us ! 0ays of organi ing the course and materials
%. &echni'ue ! 0ays of presenting the materials and teaching
. 23ercises ! 0ays of practicing what has een presented
8a"s of Defining Nee : A99roac%
A99roac%es
4lassical approach Humanism students need to read the classics
rammar translation approach students need to learn with economy of time
and effort
7irect approach students need to learn communication so they
should use
8nly second language in class.
Audio lingual approach students need operant conditioning and
ehavioural
$odification to learn language.
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4ommunicative approach students must e a le to e3press their intentions
that
s they must learn the meanings that are
important to them.
8a"s of Organi ing : S"lla;us
A sylla us provides a focus for what should e studied" along with a
relational for how that content should e selected and ordered. 4urrently the
literature reflects three ma:or types of sylla us ! structural" situational" and national"
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8a"s of 9resenting : Tec%ni
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esponse drill estatement
osetta procedure -entence com ining
-entence modification -peed writing
-u stitution drill &ransformation drill
&ranslation &rue false
Pac0age 9e agogies
PA1$AGED PEDAGOG3ES A/T4OR
4ounselling learning 4urran
7artmouth pedagogy assias
/atural 0ay +rashen
-uggestopedia @o anov
&otal ?hysical espons Asher
However" packaged pedagogies differ >rom the other techni'ues discussedA ove in a num er of ways(1) packaged pedagogies are availa le as ela orate
packages including uilt in approaches" sylla uses" techni'ues" and e3ercises!(#)
packaged pedagogies are usually identified with a single personality ( 4ounseling
@earning with 4urran" the 7artmouth pedagogy with assias"the natural way with
krashen the silent way with gattegno sunggestopedia with lo anov"and total physical
esponse with Asher)!and (%) ?ackaged pedagogies generally have a central point
for distri ution of the package in the form of information and materials
S"stematic A99roac% to Designing an Maintaining Language
1urriculum
& a a9te from !ro7n )? ?a-
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Nee Anal"sis
/eed Analysis in language program is often viewed simply as identification
of the language forms that the students will likely need to use in the target language
when they are re'uired to actually understand and produce the language .&he
analytical focus is on the learners" and their need are viewed in linguistic term. n
truth" it is logical to make the learners the focus of any sound needs analysis.
/eed Analysis will e defined tentatively as the systematic collection and
analysis of all relevant information necessary to satisfy the language learningre'uirements of the students within the conte3t of the particular institutions invloved
in the learning situation. &he same principle applies to the language facus af many
needs analyces.students have needs and concerns other than lingguistic ones.thus the
learners human needs mustt also e acknowledged alongside their purely language
related ones.this in turn means that the definition of needs analysis should e road
ened to include this wider view of needs.needs analysis should e defined tentatively
as the systematic collection and analysis of all relevant information necessary to
satisfy satisfy the languagel earning re'uirements of the students within the conte3t
of the particular institutions involved in the learning situation.
GOALS AND O!@E1T3VES
A @ogical outcome of determining the needs of a group of language
students is the specification of goals that is"general statements a our what must e
accomplished in order to attainand satisfy students needs.
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8 :ectives"on the other hand are precise statements a out what content or skills the
students must master in order to attain a particular goal.>or instance"to write a term
paper"the students might first need to develop several essential li rary skills.8ne
susch skill would e the a ility to finding a particular ook in the card
catalog"locating the call num er for that ook"and finding the ook y locating its
call num er in the stacks.the specification of o :ectives and the process of thinking
through what is involved in achieving the program goals will lead to
analy ing"synthessi ing"and clarifying the knowledge and skill necessary to meet the
students language needs.
&he la el packaged pedagogy will e used here instead of innovative
approaches for four reasons first since the term approach is eing used in this ook
in a restricted way using the phrase innovative approaches would create
confusion.second most of these techni'ues could no longer e considered truly
innovative since they have all een around for some time.third they are pack aged in
that in most cases we can contact enthusiasts of each and uy pack aged materials
that follow the particular pedagogy in 'uestion.fourth each pedagogy is complete in
a sense"including its own approach and some form of sylla us as well as its own
types of techni'ues and e3ercises.
Material De6elo6ment
0ith at least preliminary sets of needs analyses" o :ectives and tests hand
curriculum planners are in the unusual position of eing a le to deal rationally with
the pro lem of materials. t is relatively easy to adopt" develop" or adapt materials for
a program that is well defined in term of need analyses" o :ectives" and test. n fact"
the decision as to which strategy to use( adopt" develop" or adapt ) in putting
materials in place is itself made easier.
n other words" that decisions regarding the approaches" sylla uses" techni'ue"
and e3ercises should always e left up to the individuals who are on site and know
the situation est.
Language Teac%ing
4ontrary to what might at first seem to e true" the system advocate for
curriculum development allows teachers more freedom than usual in the classroom
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to teach as they feel appropriate. &he teachers and students should e aware of what
the o :ectives for a given course are and how the testing will e conducted at the end
of the course. &o those ends" the teachers need support and also need to e intimately
involved in the process of curriculum development and revision. All curriculum
process are descri ed as group efforts. &he primary reason for this emphasis is the
most teachers" as individuals" are in no position to do such tasks well. Hence"
8 :ectives" test and materials development should all e group efforts drawing on
the e3pertise" time" and energy availa le from everyone involved in the program. &he
kind of support can help teachers do a superior :o at what they are hired for
teaching.
Program E6aluation
2valuation might e defined as the systematic collection and analysis of all
relevant information necessary to promote the improvement of the curriculum and to
assess its effectiveness within the conte3t of the particular institutions involved.
2valuation " on the other hand" can take advantage of all the a ove information andtools to assess the effectiveness of a program" ut can also utili e in the information
gathered in the process of (1) developing o :ectives" (#) writing and using the tests"
(%) adopting " developing" or adapting materials" ( ) teaching
?rogram evaluation" than might e defined as the ongoing process of
information gathering" analysis " and synthesis" the entire purpose of which is to
constantly improve each elements of a curriculum on the asis of what is known
a out all of the others elements" separately as well as collectively.
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su :ective and o :ective information. &he definition will use in this ook
meant to com ine the est futuresof all three of these definitions" as well
as include elements that have either een left out or glossed over in other
definitions. n order to accomplish all this and actually perform a needs
analysis" certain systematic steps must e followed. &he remainder of
this chapter will ela orate on these steps and provide suggestions for a
reasona le set of procedures and steps to accomplish each. . $aking asic 7ecisions A out &he /eeds Analysis
efore any needs analysis can take place" curriculum planners must
make certain fundamental decisions. 0ho will e involved in the needs
analysisG 0hat types of information should e gatheredG 0hich points of
view should e representedG And how might points of view and program philosophy interactG
1. 0ho will e involved in the needs analysisGa. &he target group is made up of those people a out whom
information will ultimately e gathered. &he usual target
group is the students in a program" ut sometimes the
teachers and administrators are also targeted. . &he audience for a needs analysis should encompass all
people who will eventually e re'uired to act upon the
analysis. &his group usually consists of teachers" teacher
aides" program administrators" and any governing odies or
sepervisiors in the ureaucracy a ove the langiage program.c. &he needs analysis are those persons responsi le for
conducting the needs analysis. &hey may e consultans
rought in for the purposes" or mem ers of the faculty
designated for the :o . n addition to conducting the needs
analysis" this group will pro a ly e responsi le for
identifying the three groups. &he needs analysis as
individuals and as a group must e willing to devide up"
share" and delegate responsi ilities or the entire needs
assesment process may prove unreli a le.d. &he resoutce group consists of any people who may serve as
sources of information a out the target group. n some
conte3ts" parents" financial sponsors" or guardians may e
included as sources of valua le information a out the target
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group. n other case" outsidera (such as future employers or
professors from the studentsC conten courses) may provide
valua le information a out the target language that students
will eventually need to use.#. 0hat types of information should e gatheredG
According to stuffle ean (19,,) four divergent philosophies
can arise in needs analysis! the discrepancy" the democratic" the
analytic" and the dignostic. &he importance of such philosophies
lies in the fact that they will affect the types of information that
will e gathered. >or instance" the discrepancy philosophy is one
which needs are viewed as differences" or discrepancies" etween a
desired performnace from the students and what they are actualydoing.
%. 0hich points of view should e representedG&he point of view taken on each oh these dichotomies will in
turn e realted to and influenced y the philosophy that is
dominant in a given program.
c. athering nformation
ichards" platt" and we er (19*5" p. 1*9) suggest that a needsassesment seeks information on!
a. &he situations in which a language will e used (including who it
wil e used with) . &he o :ectives and purposes for which the language is neededc. &he types of communication that will e used (wtitten" spoken"
formal" informal)d. &he level of proficiency thet will e re'uired.
As a starting point" these categories might suffice" ut this is list
incomplete and far too prespective for the purpose in this ook.
As the noted earlier" the needs analysis (in consultation with the
teachers and administrators in the particular program) must
delineate the areas of conse'uense for information gathering and
must do so clearly and early.d. 23ample /eeds Analysis
&he various needs assesment instruments and procedures discusses
earlier can generate a large 'uantity and a wide a variety of data. -uchinformation provides a useful starting point for developing or evaluating a
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language program. 7ata must e analy ed" interpreted" and evaluated efore
the resulting information can e to the practical realities of curriculum
development. &he applications of informal and formal needs analysis that
were conducted at 2@4 and in 2@ at @
scores. nitially" only students with estimated &82>@ scores
higher than 5J were accepted.
%. 8 servation
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&his process involved doing interviews and holding
meeting with engineering professors and students.
. $eetings
&his include weekly teachers meeting" regular
seminars workshop to discuss 2-? issues" weekly meeting for
each skill area" and weekly meeting for multiple section each
course.
5. ;uestionnaires
&his 'uestionnaire was designed to investigate the
studentsC attitudes toward various aspects of the program
particularly materials" teaching" and logistical issues.
6. -ummari ing &he esults
&he final product of this needs assesment process was a
list of goals" organi ed and listed in great details as shown in the
e3cerpt given. Here" goals were meant to provide general
descriptive statements that outline courses aims" and o :ectiveswere meant to e the means y which microskills could e
operationali ed with the ultimate aim of reaching the over all
goals. &hese goals" microskills" and o :ectives" in turn would
provide the listening courses with a slid asis for test
development" materials development and teaching. &his list was
the est availa le at the time ecause it was ased on a widw
variety of information sources" as well as profesional :udgmnetwithin the 2@ . /evertheles +im in and ?roctor (19*6) provided
a foundation. /one of the curriculum development that has een
acomplished in recent years in the 2@ would have een possi le
without the hard work of all those graduated students cited a ove"
who put their hearts and soul into trying to figure out he language
and situation needs of our students.
e. -ummary
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1. Goals an O; ecti6e1. /eed" oals" and 8 :ectives
&he process of need analysis can generate a tremendous amount of
information that must e sorted and utili ed in some way within the
curriculum. 8ne way to use this information is to apply what has eenlearned in the needs analysis for the formulation of program goals and
o :ectives.a. oals
?rogram goals are defined in this ook general statement concering
desira le and attaina le program purposes and aims ase on
perceived language and situation needs. n deriving goals from
perceived needs" four points should e remem ered!•
oals are general statement of the programCs purpose.• oals should usually focus on what the program hopes to
accomplish in the future" and particularly on what the
students should e a le to do when they leave the program.• oals can serve as one asis for developing more precise and
o servanle o :ectives.• oals should never e viewed as permanent" that is" they
should never ecome set in cement. . 8 :ectives
nstructional o :ectives will e defined here as specific
statement that descri e the particular knowledge" ehaviors" and or
skill that the learner will e e3pected to know or perform at the end
of a course or program. 4onsider the following Eo :ectivesF that
were stated for an upper level 2-@ for academic purposes class at a
well known American university!y the end of the course" a student will e a le to!
• ?repare a term paper (including footnotes" i liography" title
page and so forth).• &ake note on a lecture.• Answer 'uestions following such a talk.
#. >rom oals &oward 8 :ectives7eveloping statement of perceved need into program goals" and these
in turn into clear o :ectives" is an effective way to clarify what will e tought
in each classroom" planners can make efforts to coordinate across couses and
through out an entire language program. n other words" the process of convering perceptions of studentsC need into goals and o :ectives provides
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the asic units that can in turn e used to define and organi e all teaching
activities into a cogent curriculum.%. etting nstructional 8 :ectives on ?aper
a. -ources of deas >or 8 :ectivesA num er of sources are availa le to help formulate o :ectives from
the goals of a program. &hese include other programs and their
curriculum" the ooks and :ournals that constitute the language teaching
literature" and educational ta3onomies that were worked out as far ack as
the 195Js.a) 8ther language programs
) &he literaturec) &e3onomies
. -ound nstructional 8 :ectives>or the planners is to state them as clear and unam iguousinstructional o :ectives. >or e3ample" my overall goal in this chapter is tohelp the reader develop the skill necessary to define and write clear instructional o :ectivies ( a Eneed"F at least in my perception). n other totransform the goal into potential o :ectives" first reak it into tha smallesr sepera le units" geoup those units logically" and then e3press them as aset of goal. &he following o :ectives have result from this process!
• 7istinguish etween curriculum goals and instructionalo :ectives.
•
ecogni e complete or instructional o :ectives.• ecogni e vaguely stated instructional o :ectives as well as
clearly state ones.• 0rite clear and complete perfomance o :ectives including
su :ect" perfomance" conditions" a measure" and criterion
According to $ager (19,5) suggested three components necessary for the formulation of good o :ectives!
?erformance ! an o :ective always says what a learner ise3pected to e a le to do.4onditiona ! an o :ective always descri es the importantconditions under which the permance is to occure.4riteria ! wherever possi le" an o :ective descri es thecriterion of accepta le performance y descri ing how well thelearner must perform in order to e cosidered accepta le.
&he type of instructional o :ectives descri ed here willcontain five element they are!a) -u :ect
) ?erformancec) 4onditionsd) $easure ande) 4riterion
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. ?ros and 4ons of 4urruculum 8 :ectivesAccrording to o itt (19# ) defined that specipication for these school
activities would ecome the o :ectives of edication.n other hand according to &yler(19 9"pp.59 6J) refined these nations y
proposing guidelines for developing o :ectives. He elived that educationgoals were est stated as o :ectives that would descri e changes in student
ehavior.5. 23ample oals And 8 :ectives
8 :ectives is :ust agglomeration unless they are somehow organi ed and presented so the they can e utili ed for further curruculum development. &othe right" the perfomance o :ectives are presented as a continuation of thesentence at the top! Elearners should e a le to deal with various aspects of health and welfareF which is relly a goal statement. &his kind of clear organi ation can help teachers and srudens to understand a set of o :ectives
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D. Testing
&est will e e3amined in terms of whether they are norm referenced or
criterion referenced test" which differ fundamentally in the ways they are
applied to different types of decisions. &hen will outline a strategy for
creating successful test within a language program including suggestion for
integrating test into the overall cirriculum and using checklists to help in
evaluating the 'uality of test and to aid in administering those test.
Ma0ing Dicisions 8it% Tests
&hese four categories are pro a ly emphasi ed ecause they fit neatly withfour of the fundamental types of decisions that must e made in language
program.
a) ?roficiency decisions&eachers sometimes find themselves in the position of having to
determine how much of a given language their students have learned and
retained. n such a case" general" overall language a ility is the focus
without reference to any particular program ( and its o :ectives" teaching"and materials). -uch information may prove necessary when students are
completely new to a program" and it is necessary to get a general nation
of how much of the language they know" for e3ample" to make intelligent
admissions decisions. -o" proficiency decisions involve tests that are
general in nature ( and not specific to any particular program) ecause
proficiency decisions re'uire general estimares of studentsC proficiency
levels. -uch a curriculum" in ad:usting the level of goals and o :ectivesto the true a ilities of the students" or in making comparisons across
programs. 7espite the fact that proficiency decisions are general in
nature" they nevertheless very important in most language programs. ) ?lacement decisions
?lacement decisions should e ased on instruments that are either
designed with a specific program in mind or" at least" seriously e3amined
for their appropriateness to a specific program. &he tests upon wich
placement decision are ased should either e specifically designed for agiven program (and or track within a program) or" at least" carefully
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e3amined and selected to reflect the goals and a ility levels in the
program. &hus a placement test will tend to apply only to a specific
program and will e narrower in purpose than a proficiency test.c) Achievement decisions
Achievement decisions are central to any language curriculum. 0eare in the usiness of fostering achievement in the form of language
learning. n fact" this ook promotes the idea that the purpose of
curriculum is to ma3imi e the possi ilities for students to achieve a high
degree of language learning. &he tests used to monitor such achievement
must e very specific to the goals and o :ectives of a given program and
must e fle3i le in the sense that they can readily e made to change in
response to what is learned from them a out the other element of thecurriculum. n other word" well considered achievement decisions are
ased on tests from which a great deal can e learned a out the program.
&hese tests should" in turn" e fle3i le and responsive in the sense that
their result can e used to affect changes and to continually assess those
changes against the program realities.d) 7iagnostic decision
7iagnostic decisions are focused on the strengths and weaknesses
of each individual vis a vis the instructional o :ectives for purposes of correcting deficiencies E efore it is too lateF. Hence" diagnostic decisions
are aimed at fostering achievement y promoting strengths and
eliminating weaknesses.
Matc%ing Tests To Pur9oses
a) /orm refferenced versus criterion refferenced tests
8ne definition for a criterion refferenced tests is a test which meansures astudentCs performance according to aparticular standard or criterion which
has een agreed upon. &he student must reach this level of performance to
pass the test" and studentCs score is therefore interpreted with reference to the
criterion score" rather than to the scores of other students. ( ichards" ?latt"
0e er 19*5" p. 6*)&his is markedly different from the definition for a norm refferenced test
given in the same source a test which is designed to mearsure how the
performance a particular student or group of students compares with the
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performance of another student or group of students whose score are given as
the norm. A studentCs score is therefore interpreted with reference to the
scores of other students or groups of students" rather than to an agreed
criterion score. ( ichards" ?latt" 0e er 19*5" p. 6*) ) Adopt" develop" or adaptG
Adopting language tests&he tests that are used for program decisions are very often ought from
commercial pu lishing house. &ests are also sometimes adopted from other
language program or taken straight from the current te3 ook.c) 7eveloping language tests
t the est of all possi le worlds" sufficient resources and e3pertise will e
availa le in a program so that proficiency" placement" achievement" and
diagnostic tests can e developed and fitted to the specific goals of the program and to the specific population studying in it. f this the case"
decisions must e made a out which types of tests to develop first.d) Adapting language tests
&he process of adapting a tests to a specific situation will pro a ly involves
some variant of the following strategy!1. Administer the test to the students in the program.#. -elect those items that appear to e doing a good :o of spreading out
the students for an / &" or a good :o of measuring the learning of
the o :ectives with that population for a 4 &.%. 4reate a shorter" more efficient" revised version of the test that fits
the a ility levels of the specific population of students.. 4reate new items that function like those that were working well in
order to have a tes of sufficient length.
Organi ing An /sing Test Results
Having decided to adopt" develop" or adapt tests (or some com ination of allthree) curriculum planners must ne3t put the tests into and egin to use them for
decision making. &he ne3t step is to ensure thet all the necessary physical condition
for the test have een met. efore actually administrering the test" check to make sure
that there are ade'uate materials on hand (with a few e3tra copies of everything). All
necessary e'uipment should e handy and in good repair ( with ackups if that is
appropriate). ?roctor must e trained in their duites and have sufficient information
to do a professional :o of test administration. After the test has een administered" provision must e made for scoring. Again" ade'uate space and scheduling are
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important so that 'ualified staff can e properly trained to carry out the scoring of
the test. 2'ually important is the interpretation of the results. &here must e a clearly
defined purposes for the result" and provision for helping teachers use scores and
e3plain them to their students. deally" there will also e a well defined place for the
results in the overall curriculum planning.
E=am9le Testing Program
&he e3ample of testing programs provided here are meant to emphasi e the
importance of having awell integrated program of different types of tests that (1)
assist the administrators and teachers in making decision a out the students" (#)
provide feed ack to the teachers" and (%) aid in e3amining the various elements of
curriculum.
Guang %ou Englis% Language 1enter, B%ongs%an /ni6ersit"
1rierion5reference iagnostic an ac%ie6ement test
&his last reali ation led directly to the development of 4rierion referencedtests that were ased on the o :ectives of our courses. &hese tests were development
y the teachers in each skill area to directly reflect the o :ectives of their courses and
the types of activities that were going on in those courses.
!enefits Of A Soun Testing Program
>irst" the tests helped us to closely e3amine our preceptions of the studentsCneeds. >or e3ample" we found that they could prform 'uite well (sometimes with 1JJ
percent accuracy) on all the items for some of the o :ectives on the first day of class.
0hen we discovered this type of situation" it ecome 'uite clear to us that our instal
perceptions in those o :ectives.
-econd" after we discovered that some o :ectives did not need to e taught"
we had the freedom to concentrate instead on the remaning o :ectives or to add new
o :ectives designed to meet more advanced needs.
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&hird" changing the o :ectives due to what we learned from the tests
naturally led to rethinking our materials an teaching strategies to meet newly
perceived needs of the students.
&he fourth and last enefit gained from ourtesting program was that whenever we needed to focus on program evaluation" we had a great deal of information
ready to e presented.
2nglish language institute" university" of hawaii at manoa
0e used four sets of procedures that help us toensure that students are working at the
level that most enefits all parties concerned!
a) ntial screening proceduresefore students are admitted to or the 4riterion referenced diagnostic and achievement tests" the lead teachers has
proven essential in rallying the teachers to review and revise each of the forms for
each course and getting the tests to the teachers on time for use in class. n addition"
it has proven important that this lead teachers do the scoring and get the results ack
to the teachers within # hours. -uch promptness has made the results particularly
useful and helped in garnering teachersC support for the entire testing program.
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f) 2@ testing program0e sincerely hope that the vast ma:ority of the students who are served y the
procedures discussed a ove are correctly classified" placed" diagnosed" and
promoted. However" decisions are made y human eings" and even when they are
ased on seemingly scientific information in the form of test score" human
:udgments can e wrong. n correct decisions can cost a student a great deal in the
form of e3tra tuitin aid or e3tra and unnecessary time spent studying 2-@. 4ertainly"
all of this take alittle more effort on the part of the administrator and teachers" ut the
enefits gained from effective and humane testing procedures accrue to all !
students"teachers" and administrators alike. /ote that the strategies that we find so
usefull can easily e generali ed and adapt to other language program.
Summar"n this chapter" the dicision has centered on setting up a testing program that can help
decision makers match the correct test (and other information sources) to each of the
decions that must e made a out students. &he overall message of this chapter was that
there are a variety of different test types that can help in making responsi le decisions
a out studentsC lives. n addition" a comprehensive testing system provides valua le
information for the revision and development of the other elements of the curriculum"
that is" the needs analysis" goals and o :ectives" materials" teaching" and programevaluation.
E. Materials
0orking from the general parameters of the program design" as defined
y the need analysis" goals and o :ectives" and tests" curriculum developers arein an e3cellent position to egin materials development. $aterials will e
defined here as any systematic description of the techni'ues and e3ercises to
e used in classroom teaching. &he surest test of the via ility of a set of
materials is for a teacher to e a le to implement them without any aid from
their original creator. f that teacher is successful" the chances are that the
materials are systematically and clearly descri ed. &he curriculum developers
should have a clear understanding of the programCs theoretical positions (the
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approaches and sylla uses)" as well as its more practical orientations
(techni'ues and e3ercises).
&he materials come from three strategies! adopting" developing" and
adapting materials. Adopting materials involves deciding on the types of materials that are needed" locating as many different sets of those types as
possi le" evaluating the materials" putting them to use" and reviewing them on
an ongoing asis. 7eveloping materials will e discussed in terms of three
phases! developing" teaching (field testing)" and evaluating the materials.
Adapting materials includes all of the steps necessary in adopting them" ut
must additionally incorporate phases that allow for analy ing what is worth
keeping in the materials" classifying that remaining material" filling gaps fromother sources" and reorganai ing all of this to fit the program in 'uestion.
#rame7or0 #or Material Design). A99roac%
Approaches as ways of defining what the students need to learn ased
on assumptions and theoretical positions drawn from diciplines as diverse as
linguistics" psychology" and education.(. S"lla;us
&he teaching activities called sylla uses are predominantly concernedwith the choices necessary to organi e the language content of a course or
program. &he procedures involved in developing a sylla us should eventually
include e3amining instructional o :ectives" arranging them in terms of
priorities" and then determining what kinds of techni'ues and e3ercises are
re'uires in order to attain those o :ectives. &he information gathered in the
course of conducting a language need analysis will help to determine kthe
direction that a particular sylla us planning pro:ect will go since the same
units of analysis used in the needs analysis will tend to e used in the
o :ectives that result. &hus a programCs approach affects the units of analysis
in the needs analysis" and predetermines the shape that the o :ectives will
eventually take.A num er of different kinds of sylla uses as follows!
a. -tructural (organi ed around grammatical structures) . -ituational (organi ed around various settings in which the learners are
likely to use the language)c. &opical (organi ed around themes or topics)d. >unctional (organi ed around communicative functions)
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e. /otional (organi ed around conceptual categories)f. -kills (organi ed around skills)g. &ask or activity ased (organi ed around activities)
*. Tec%ni
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presented in terms of its teachers and students. /e3t step in a lueprint for the
systematic development or materials is some sort of description of the types
of instructional materials that are envisioned. >inally" an effective lueprint
for materials development must include some form of evaluation component
that take the form of detailed plans for studying the effectiveness of the
materials" or discussion processes that will e instituted the constantly revise
and upgrade materials" or oth.
/nits Of Anal"sis
&he following components of a sylla us are specified!
1. &he situations in which the foreign language will e used" including thetopics that will e deal with.
#. &he language activities in which the learner will engage.%. &he language functions that the learner will fulfill.
. 0hat the learner will e a le to do with respect to each topic.5. &he general notions that the learner will e a le to handle.6. &he language forms that the learner will e a le to hadle.,. &he language forms that the learner will e a le to use when the course is
completed.*. &he degree of skill with which the learner will e a le to perform.
Sco9e An Se
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8%ere Do Materials 1ome #romC). A o9ting Materials
Adopting materials in a rational manner is not as easy as it might
at first appear. >irst" it is necessary to decide what types of materials are
desira le. -econd" all availa le materials of these types should e located :ust in case they might prove useful. &hird" some form of
review evaluation procedures must e set up to pare this list down to only
those materials that should e seriously considered so that final choices
can e made. >ourth" some strategy for the regular review of these
adopted materials must e set up to make sure that they do not ecome
irrelevant to the needs of the students and the changing conditions in the
program.(. De6elo9ing Materials8verall curriculum issues including deciding on the theoritical of
the program in terms of approaches and organi ational principles in terms
of sylla uses. &he central steps involved in materials development are
creating" teaching and evaluating. 7uring the creating phase" the first step
is to find teachers who are willing to work on materials. &he teaching
phase can e viewed as an opportunity to field test the materials. 7uring
the evaluating phase" the materials developers should e :ust as critical of the programCs materials as they would e of commercially prepared
materials.*. A a9ting Materials
&he stage in adapting materials is to find and evaluate materials
that might serve at least some of the studentsC needs and help to meet at
least some of the course o :ectives.
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#. Teac%inga. 3ntro uction
&his chapter talked a out how to e3amine the need analysis
information" o :ectives" test" and materials can e implemented in the
teaching phase of curriculum development. &he focus of the teaching
phase is on the kinds of instruction that will characteri e the program. &hat
is" on the kinds of teaching that will e re'uired to achieve the goals of the
program.
;. Orienting an 3n6ol6ing Teac%ers in t%e 1urriculum&his discussion will center on ways to put initial information in
various forms into the hands of teacher" especially those who are new to
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the program. enerally" the purpose of such information dissemination is
to anticipate the kinds of 'uestions that all instructors will have.1. nitial nformation
&he initial information is important part of teaching element of
curriculum development. nitial information can take the form of anorientation" teacherCs guide" and reference documents.
a) 8rientationAn orientation meeting might consist of nothing more than
a one hour get together during which the teacher are given the
asic information they will need to accomplish their :o . ) &eacherCs uide
t is good idea for planners or administrators to prepare a
handy guide or hand ook containing all vital program
information" so that teachers can refer to it when they have
'uestions.
c) eference 7ocuments&eachers should also receive copies of the relevant course
o :ectives and any handouts such as! -ylla uses"
packet modules" reference dictionaries" grammars" and the like
#. &ypes of nformation teachers need&he administrators or planners must carefully consider what
kinds of information to convey to new staff ecause it will have an
impact on the entire curriculum in the form of how teachers initially
feel and carry out their work.a) 4onte3t of the program
f the curriculum is large scale and for use in a pu lic
school setting" information might usefully e supplied a outnational" state" or school district language policies.
) @earners /ew teachers will 'uite naturally e curious a out the
learners they will e teaching. 4urriculum designers should
provide teachers with information that focuses on studentsC
characteristics.n other words" curriculum designers must determine from
the possi le range of learner varia les.c) &eachers
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&he curriculum planners will have gathered important
information a out the kinds of teachers the program depends on.d) nstruction
t is an overall approach that has a particular emphasis in
academic program or a set of general proficiency guidelines.
c. Su99orting Teac%ersA successful curriculum will provide much more in teacher support.
-uch support may take the form of helping the teachers to understand their
place in the curriculum.1. &he teacherCs and studentCs place in the curriculum
&he following are some of the roles that teachers may assume in the
curriculum!
a) /eed analyst ) ?rovider of student inputc) $otivator d) 8rgani er and controller
n general" the place of learners in the curriculum will relate to their
preferences with regard to concept like the following!
a) @earning approaches ) Attitudes toward learningc) @earning style
d) -trategies used in learning
#. Helping teacher to teach8n the asis of their ackground" training" and e3perience"
teachers will determine what techni'ue and e3ercises to use in setting
up the learning e3periences that they elieve will est help ring
a out learning.%. ?roviding a framework of support
A systematic curriculum provides teachers with the kinds of
support they need" such support can come in the form of
administrative support or curricular support.
a) administrative support&he administrators can help most y providing the teachers whit
uffers etween them and negative aspect of the world outside the
program.
) curricular support
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4urriculum development process is designed to make the
individual teacherCs :o easier.
. 7ealing with the politicsf one takes the view that politics is one of the important means y
which curriculum is implemented" politics can e viewed positively
and handled in such a way that the overall curriculum will enefit.. Monitoring Teac%er
&hough it is often seen y teachers as something other than support"
monitoring teacherCs performance in the classroom can e a way of
olstering their effort.
1. 0hat is good teachingG?ennington and rown (1991) include three indicators of e3cellence
in all aspect of a language program! consistency" efficiency" and
effectiveness.
#. 8 servation4lassroom o servation means of supporting teachers. A
classroom o servation is any situation in which the teacher is eing
o served for whatever" reasons in the act of teaching.
%. -tudentsC 2valuation8ne e3cellent source of information for monitoring the classroom
performance of teachers on a day to day asis is provided y the
teachersC students. &he information thus o tained pro a ly offers a
closer reflection of the normal operation in the classroom than
information o tained during a formal o servation.
e. Re6itali ing Teac%ers&eachers are also rumored to e living" reathing" creative human
eings. -ince they are human eings" they often have pro lems that may
interface with their work.1. &eacher urnout
ecause teachers are human eings" they do not have infinite
reserves of stamina in fact they may sometimes get tired and run
down.#. rowing as a teacher
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As a remedy for the urnout pro lem" rasse (19*#!5) suggest
that teachers must adopt positive attitudes toward their su :ect matter"
their students" their colleagues" the program" and themselves.
f. Summar"t was argued that teaching should draw on all other curriculum elements
and form an important component of the curriculum in its own right" one
that will help teachers to escape the isolation that may e a root cause of
urnout.
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G. Program e6aluation
3ntro uction
&he primary information gathering and organi ation elements of the
curriculum have een include in the needs analysis and testing compenents as
represented y the goals and o :ectives. &he insights and information gained
from these curriculum activities can e further analay ed and synthesi ed into
la eled the materials and teaching components of the systematic curriculum
model that serves as the asis of this ook. &he model" readers might think thatneeds analysis" goals and o :ectives" testing" materials" and teaching are five
se'uential steps that should e instituted chronologically. &he arrows and the
links to evaluation are meant to imply three things.
>irst" in an ideal situation" curriculum development would start with a
through needs analaysis and progress through the steps. However" such an
ideal sitution is actually very rare and for political or other reasons" the
curriculum planners may start the process with some element other than need
analysis" formulation of goals and o :ectives" articulation of tests" and delivery
of instruction are all going on at the same time.
-econd" the process of curriculum development is never finished
( unless of course a program is canceled ). &hus provisions must always e
made for revision of all the curriculum elements with a view to improving
them. ndeed" the i directionality of the arrows within the models signifies
that as focus is placed on any particular element of the curriculum the work on
that component may reveal a need for revisions in the preceding ( or
succeeding ) elements.
&hrid" program evaluation on the right side of the model is the glue
that connects and holds all the elements together. n the a sence of evaluation"
the elements lack cohesionK if left in isolation" any one element may ecome
pointless. n short" the heart of the systematis approach to language curriculum
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design is evaluation! the part of the model that inculdes" connects" and gives
meaning to all the other elements.
ichards et al. (19*5" p. 9*) define evaluation as Ethe systematic
gathering of informatio for purposes of making decisions.F At first glance" thisseeems to e a servicea le definition" ut reflection reveals that is too road
and could e'ually well e used to define other curriculum components such as
needs analysis and teting. n truth" needs analysis and testing information
might well e included in an evaluation" ut this fact does not strengthen the
definition given a ove.
?opham (19,5" p. *)" systematic educational evaluation consists of a
formal assessment of the worth of educational phenomena. f the ichards et
al. definition was too road" ?ophamCs is too restrictive. 4ertainly" there should
e an element within a program evaluation that focuses on Eformal
assessmentF" ut there is also room for a num er of other more informal
activities. However" there are also forms that focus on improving the
curriculum" and they are perhaps the most constructive and useful types.
?ophamCs definition does not seem ade'uate.
0orthen and -anders (19,%" p. 19) evaluation is the determination of
the worth of a thing. t includes o taining information for use in :udging the
worth of a program" product" procedure" or o :ect" or the potential utility of
alternative approaches designed to attain specified o :ectives. &his may e
unnecessarily limiting implying a goal oriented approach to the evaluation
process" while ignoring the potential of evaluation to affect curriculum
improvment.
rown (19*9a" p. ##%) as Ethe systematic collection and analaysis of
all relevant information necessary to promote the improvment of a curriculum
and assess its effectiveness within the conte3t of the particular institutions
invloved. /otice that there are two purposes for the information! the promotion
of improvement and the assessment of effectiveness.
2valuation is a term that is used in a num er of different ways" there
are testing and measurment. &esting only to refer to procedures that are asedon tests. $easurment more roadly to include testing" ut also other types of
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measurments that result in 'uantitative data such as attendance records"
'uestionnaires" teacher ratings of students ( or students ratings of teachers) and
so forth. 2valuation includes all kinds of testing and measurments" as well as
other types of information" some of which may e more 'ualitative in nature.
;ualitative data gathering procedures as interviews" case studies" classroom
o servations" meetings"diaries" or even conversations over coffee.
A99roac%es to Program E6aluation
rown (19*9a) points out" these can all e placed into one of four categories!
goal attainment approaches" static characteristic approaches" process oriented
approaches" and decision facilitation approaches.
?roduct 8riented Approaches ( goal attainment )
?roduct oriented approaches are :ust what they sound like. 0hen these
approaches are used" the focus of the evaluation is on the goals and insructional
o :ectives with the purpose of determining whether they have een achieved.
&yler (19 #) felt that programs should e uilt on e3plicitly defined goals"
specified in terms of the society" the students" and the su :ect matter" as well as on
measura le ehavioral o :ectives. &he purpose of a program evaluation is to
determine whether the o :ectives have een achieved" and whether the goals have
een met.
&he approach that Hammond (cited in 0orthen -anders 19,%.p. 16*)
advocated was also product oriented. His model included five types to e followed
in performing a curriculum evaluation !
1) dentifying precisely what is to e evaluated#) 7efining the descriptive varia les%) -tating o :ectives in ehavioral terms
) Assessing the ehavior descri ed in the o :ectives5) Analy ing the result and determining the effectiveness of the program.
$etfessel and $ichael (196,) share the product oriented approach" ut they
provide more detailed steps" including eight ma:or evaluation phases!
1) 7irect and indirect invlovment of the total school community
#) >ormation of a cohesive model of oard goals and specific o :ectives%) &ranslation of specific o :ectives into communica le form
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) nstrumentation necessary for furnishing measures allowing inferences a out
program effectiveness5) ?eriodic o servations of ehaviors6) Analysis of data given y status and change measures,) nterpretation of the data relative to specific o :ectives and road goals*) ecommendations culminating in further implementation" modifications" and
in revisions of road goals and specific o :ectives.
-tatic 4haracteristic Approaches-tatic characteristic evaluation is also performed to determine the
effectiveness of a particular program. &his type of evaluation is conducted y
outside e3perts who inspect a program y e3amining various accounting and
academic records" as well as such static characteristics as the num er of
li rary ooks" the num er and seating capacity of classroom" the parking
facilities" and so forth. -tatis characteristic evaluations are used even
accerditation.Accerditation is a process where y an association of institutions sets
up criteria and evaluation procedures for the purpose of deciding whether
individual institutions should e certified (accredited) as mem ers in good
standing of that association.
?rocess 8riented Approaches&his shift was partially due to the reali ation that meeting program
goals and o :ectives" while important" was not very helpful in facilitating
curriculum revision" change" and improvment. -criven and -take wrew two of
the most important advocates of process oriented approaches.-crivenCs (196,) model contri uted a num er of principles that have
promoted a process oriented approach to program evaluation. &he model he
advocated was called goal-free evaluation " that is" evaluation is which limits
are not set on studying the e3pected effects of the program vis a vis the goals.-takeCs (196,) approach to process evaluation was called the
contenance model. t consisted of the following asic elements!1) egin with a rationale#) >i3 on descriptive operations (intents and o servations)%) 2nd with :udgmental operations (standars and :udgment) at three different
levels! antecedents (prior conditions)" transactions(interactions etween
participants)" and outcomes (as in traditional goals ut also roader in the
sense of transfer or learning to real life).
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7ecision >acilitation Approachesn these approaches" evaluators attempt to avoid making :udgments.
nstead" they favor gathering information that will help the administrators andfaculty in the program make their own :udgments and decisions. 23amples of
this approach are the 4 ??" 4-2" and 7iscrepancy models of evaluation.4 ??" descri ed in -tuffle eam et al. (19,1)" is an acronym for
4onte3t (rationale for o :ectives)" nput (utili ation of resources for
achieving o :ectives)" ?rocess (periodic feed ack to decision makers)" and
?roduct (measurment and interpretation of attainments during and at the end
of a program). -tuffle eam (19, ) lists four key elements that should e
remem ered in performing program evaluation!
1) 2valuation is performed in the service of decision making" hence it
should provide information that is useful to decision makers.#) 2valuation is a cyclic" continuing process and therefore must e
implemented through a systematic program.%) &he evaluation process includes the three main steps of delineating"
o taining" and providing. &hese steps provide the asis for a
methodology of evaluation.) &he delineating and providing steps in the evaluation process are
interface activities re'uiring colla oration.
&he 4-2 model is named after the acronym for the 4enter for the
study of 2valuation at
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1) 7efining program standards#) 7etermining whether a discrepancy e3ists etween some aspects of
program performance and the standards governing that aspect of the
program
%) ive stages suggested y ?rovus will show that this actually a
process oriented approach!
1) ?rogram description stage#) ?rogram installation stage%) &reatment ad:ustment stage (process)
) oal achievment analysis stage5) 4ost enefit analysis.
?rovusCs model shows the degree to which the evaluation of
evaluation approaches has een a healthy and progressive one. &he strenghts
of those other approaches were incorporated in their descendants.
T%ree Dimensions T%at S%a9e Point of Vie7 on E6aluation&he patterns invlove at least three dimensions (also discussed in
rown 19*9a)! formative versus summative" process versus product" and
'uantitative versus 'ualitative. n each case" they seem to e points at the
ends of a scale alog which variation can occur. >irst is related to the purposes
for gathering the information" the second is associated with the types of
information eing gathered" and the third is connected with the sorts of data
and analysis that will result.
?urpose of the nformation>ormative evaluation takes place during the ongoing curriculum
development processes. &he aim of this type of evaluation is to collect and
analy e information that will help in improving the curriculum. &he types of
decisions that result from formative evaluation are usually numerous and
relatively small in scale ecause such decisions are meant to result in
modifications to and fine tuning of an e3isting curriculum. -ummative
evaluation is usually characteri ed as occuring at the end of a program. &he
purpose for gathering information in a summative evaluation is to determine
the degree to which the program was succsesful" efficient" and effective.
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enefit from formative evaluation and summative evaluation!
formative can e uilt into the curriculum as it is in the model" while
summative evaluation may prove useful if it can e viewed as a pause during
which focus will e rought to ear on assessing the success" efficiency" and
effectiveness of the program Lat least to that point in time.
&ypes of nformation&he relationship etween formative and summative evaluation
depends on variations in the purposes for gathering information" the different
etween process and product evaluation depends on variations in the types of
information that will e used! process evaluation as any evaluation as that
focuses on the workings of a program (processes). ?roduct evaluation as that
sort of evaluation in which the focus is on whether the goals (products) of the
program are eing achieved.n planning evaluation procedures for a program" consider including
oth product and process types of information. &o that end" oth 'uantitative
and 'ualitative means for gathering and analy ing evaluation information
may prove useful.
&ypes of 7ata and Analaysis
;uantitative types of data analysis at one end and 'ualitative types of
data and analysis at the other end. ;uantitative data are counta le its of
information which are usually gathered using measures that produce results
in the form or num ers. ;ualitative data consist of more holistic information
ased on o servations that may not readly lend themselves to conversion into
'uantities or num ers.
nteractions Among 7imensions
&he discussion in the preceding three sections was intended to help planners in choosing among the availa le options and tailoring a set of
evaluation procedures for a paticular program. &hese decisions will pro a ly
entail considering options somewhere etween the e3tremes of the
dimensions invloved.
Doing Program E6aluationAll these decisions must eventually lead to the actual gathering of
evaluation data. ;uantitative and 'ualitative information should e gathered periodically on each of the curriculum components so that each can e
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revised and improved" ut also so that the degree ao overall succces of the
entire program can e assessed.
athering 2valuation 7ata•
;uantitative 2valuation studies;uantitative data are those its of information that are
counta le and are gathered using measures that produce results in the
form of num ers. >or each of these procedures" the ta le indicates with
an EDF in the appropriate column whether the procedure is used
primarily to gather 'uantitative or 'ualitative information. &he
procedures :ust listed are perdominantly used to collect 'uantitative data"
though in some cases they may e modified to o tain 'ualitative data.
&he importance of using 'uantitative data is not much in thecollection of those data" ut rather in the analysis of the data" which
should e carried out in such a way that patterns emerge. -tatistic ased
e3perimental study designed to investigate the effectiveness of a given
program. &he e3perimental group is the one that receives the treatment"
while the control group receives no treatment. A treatment is something
that the e3perimenter does to the e3perimental group.&he purpose of giving a treatment to the e3perimental group
and nothing to the control group is to determine whether the treatment
has een effective.
• ;ualitative 2valuation -tudies;ualitative data consist of information that is more holistic
than 'uantitative data. -uch data are often ased on o servations that do
not readily lend themselves to conversion into 'uantities or num ers.
;ualitative information gathering! records analysis" system analysis"
literature review" letter writing" case studies" diary studies" ehavior
o servation" interactional analysis" individual interviews" group
interviews" delphi techni'ue" advisory meetings" interest group meetings"
review meetings" and opinion surveys.
/sing !ot% uantitati6e Data an ualitati6e Met%o s;uantitative data" as provided y test scores" seem 'uite
different from the 'ualitative data provided y" for e3ample" studying the :ournals kept y students for a semester in a writing class. An oral tests
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various components of the curriculum as they were implemented in
the program.
E=am9le Program E6aluation Pro ects uang hou 2nglish @anguage 4enter" Ihongsan irst" formative evaluation occured
at all times during the program. -econd" summative evaluation was
carried out on a yearly asis. &hrid" we found it particularly useful to
survey students who had finished the program.As result" we used every 'ualitative and 'uantitative tool
availa le to us to revise and improve our curriculum. ?roducts in the
form of tests" materials" and teaching procedures that would foster language learning.
2nglish @anguage nstitute"
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these data sources can e viewed! in terms of effectiveness" efficiency"
and attitudes.&he chapter ended with discussion of e3ample evaluation
pro:ects drawn from the 2@4 program in 4hina and the 2@ at the
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-ituation analysis is an analysis of factors in the conte3t of a planned or
present curriculum pro:ect that is made in order to assess their potential impact on
the pro:ect
8%" Situation Anal"sisC
&he conte3ts are diverse and particular varia les that come into play in a
specific situation are often the key determinants of the success of a program
T%e Goal of Situation Anal"sis
&he goal of situation analysis is to identify key factors that might positively
or negatively affect the implementation of a curriculum plan
Societal #actors
). 0hat current language teaching policies e3ist and how are they viewedG
(. 0hat are the underlying reasons for the pro:ect and who support itG
*. 0hat language teaching e3perience and tradition e3ist in the countryG
. How do mem ers of the pu lic and other relevant professionals view foreign
language teachingG
5. 0hat community resources are availa le to support the innovationsG
Project Factors:
1. Who constitute the project group and how are they selected?
2. What are the management and other responsibilities of the team?
3. ow are goals and procedures determined?
!. What e"perience do members of the team ha#e?
$. What is the time frame of the project?
%nstitutional Factors:
1. What leadership is a#ailable within the school to support change
and to help teachers cope with change?
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2. What are the school&s physical resources' including classroom
facilities and other technological and library resources?
3. What is sta( morale li)e among teachers?
!. What problems do teachers face and what is being done about
them?
$. ow committed is the institution to attaining e"cellence?
*eacher Factors:
1. What is teachers& typical bac)ground' training' e"perience' and
moti#ation?
2. What )inds of beliefs do the teachers typically hold concerning )ey
issues in teaching?
3. *o what e"tent are teachers open to change?
!. ow pro+cient are they in ,nglish?
$. What teaching loads do teachers ha#e and what resources do they
ma)e use of?
Learner #actors
1. 0hat are the learnersC past language learning e3periencesG
#. How motivated are the learners to learn 2nglishG
%. 0hat are their e3pectations for the programG
. Are they a homogeneous or a heterogeneous groupG
5. 0hat type of learning approach do they favorG
A o9tion #actors
1. 0hat advantages does the curriculum change offerG
#. s the innovation very complicated and difficult to understandG
%. s the use of the innovation consistent with e3isting eliefs" attitudes" andorgani ationG
. Have the features and enefits of the innovation een clearly communicated
to teachers and institutionG
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5. How clear and practical is itG
Program Ta%unan (+)) (+)(
1. 7alam satu tahun ada erapa hari ela:ar efektifG (##1 hari untuk :awa
tengahK #51 hari untuk :awa timurK dan # J hari untuk :awa arat dan 7 =)#. Hari ela:ar efektif terse ut ter agi men:adi erapa mingguG (%* minggu
untuk :awa tengahK # minggu untuk :awa timurK dan J minggu untuk :a ar dan 7 =).
3m9lementasi
?erencanaan dan pengelolaan keempat tahap pem ela:aran terse ut dituangkandalam entuk encana ?elaksanaan ?em ela:aran ( ??). -atu ?? memuat satugenre dan sekitar 1J atau 11 kali pertemuan.