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Download full textROCKLYN, EUGENE H. – 1964
CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LANGUAGE COURSES ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS PAPER. EXAMPLES ARE BASED ON A RUSSIAN COURSE DEVELOPED BY THE AUTHOR UNDER THE CONTACT CONTRACT. TEN CRITERIA ARE IDENTIFIED, THE THREE MOST BASIC OF WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING--ARE THE TERMINAL OBJECTIVES MET, DO THE STUDENTS IN THE EVALUATION STUDY REPRESENT…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Programed Instruction
Peer reviewedBauman, M. Garrett – College English, 1975
Descriptors: English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Sentences
Doye, Peter – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1974
This essay is devoted to ascertaining and evaluating the results of teaching, or the pupils' acievement as one of the unavoidable critical points in all instructional planning. The various procedures for measuring achievement, and the suitability of each for various areas of English teaching, are reviewed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSoechting, Paul – Unterrichtspraxis, 1974
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction
Black, Colin – IRAL, 1974
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Programed Instruction, Programed Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedPorcher, Louis – Langue Francaise, 1977
Discusses the necessity of a close relationship between evaluation and instruction, between evaluator and instructor in adult language training programs and other programs. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewedJoiner, Elizabeth – Modern Language Journal, 1974
A sample form is presented for use in evaluating the cultural content of foreign language textbooks. (PMP)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Culture, Evaluation Methods
Bung, Peter; Helfrich, Heinz – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1977
Describes the use of the Cloze Test measuring the difficulty of textbooks. After testing six English textbooks, a ranking for difficulty is given, the progression of difficulty within the text is described, and the relation between basic and supplementary texts is discussed. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction
Kemmner, Ernst – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1975
It is suggested that for checking purposes, "Questions and Answers" should accompany, in the form of a class work blank, the study of a given text. Justification is given, possible objections refuted. An example shows how such work can be quickly corrected and evaluated. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grading, Language Instruction, Language Tests
GREENWOOD, LOUISE; AND OTHERS
A PROGRAM TO PREPARE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN FOR ENTRY INTO THE FIRST GRADE IS PRESENTED. ONE OF THE FIRST TASKS OF THE TEACHER IS TO ANALYZE THE CHILD TO DISCOVER AREAS OF WEAKNESS IN EXPERIENCES, SO THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPLY SOME OF THE MISSING LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THE WORDS THAT ARE TAUGHT TO THE NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILD ARE…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), English, Evaluation Methods, Language Ability
Goeke, Dieter; Kornelius, Joachim – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Finds that teaching textbooks are becoming more complex and difficult, and less interesting. A procedure is suggested for measuring these qualities in a textbook, based on the "Reading Ease" and "Human Interest" indices of R. Flesh, in Volume 6 of his work "The Good Companion". Two samples from texts are appended. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Readability, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedTownson, Michael – English Language Teaching, 1973
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction, Speech Skills
Peer reviewedCoffin, Edna Amir – System, 1979
Discusses evaluation methods in two individualized language instruction programs: the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), and the Self-Instructional Language Programs (SILP), both of which follow the model set by the National Association of Self-Instructional Language Programs (NASILP). (AM)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMoreau, Paul Henri; Pfister, Guenter G. – Foreign Language Annals, 1978
A design was developed to evaluate the presentation of deep culture in college foreign language texts. Of the ten textbooks evaluated, only one was considered adequate in conveying deep French culture to the intermediate French student. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Culture, Evaluation Methods, French
Peer reviewedWyatt, Victor – English Language Teaching, 1973
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Language Instruction
