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Program Evaluation and Triangulation: What Three Data Sets Show about How Participants Respond to the Course "Teaching Academic English with the TOEFL iBT® Test"
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Gerriet Janssen; Renka Ohta; Jeremy Lee; Michael Suhan – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Drawing from a larger CIPP program evaluation ("Context, Input, Processes, Products") comprised of 11 analyses of the ETS online teacher training course titled "Teaching Academic English with the TOEFL iBT® Test" (TAE), this paper triangulates three qualitatively different data sets and seeks to understand how participants…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
Research on the Paraná Speaks English Program: A Bibliographic Analysis
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Senefonte, Fabio Henrique Rosa – Online Submission, 2019
Unquestionably, discussions on the internationalization of higher education have gained currency in the educational context (Knight, 2004; Altbach; Knight, 2007; Delgado-Marquez; Hurtado-Torres; Bondar, 2011), and language policies prove to be a crucial issue in the internationalization arena. In this regard, Paraná's government created the Paraná…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Summer School for English Language Learners
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Hur, Jung Won; Suh, Suhyun – Professional Educator, 2010
The purposes of this paper are to explain the development processes of an intensive summer program for English language learners and to discuss course improvement strategies based on the evaluation outcomes. This 60-hr partnership program between local schools and a university was developed to improve the language proficiency of increasing numbers…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Standardized Tests
Placement Testing: Man and Machine, Doing the Best We Can?
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McPherson, Douglas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) has developed a system aiming to effectively place students in freshman and developmental English programs. The placement system includes: triangulating data from external test scores, with scores from a panel-marked hand-written essay (HWE),…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Program Evaluation in Light of Language Learning Background, Student Assessments and TOEFL Performance.
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Gradman, Harry L.; Hanania, Edith – 1991
A study conducted in the intensive English language program at Indiana University investigated: (1) the effects of students' language learning background (formal learning of English, exposure to and use of English in class, and extracurricular exposure to and use of English) on their performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Defining an Appropriate Role for Language Tests in Intensive English Language Programs.
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Des Brisay, Margaret; Ready, Doreen – 1991
The use of test results as a criterion for evaluating the design of an intensive English language program is examined in one Canadian university program in Indonesia. The study was investigating whether: (1) realistic estimates of training needs were being made; (2) data from other tests would enable better prediction of student outcomes, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries