Evaluating the English language curriculum at a private school in Ankara : A case study

Evaluating the language improvement courses in the undergraduate ELT curriculum at Eastern Mediterranean University: a case study Erozan, Fatoş; Daloğlu, Ayşegül; Department of English Language Teaching (2005) The present study evaluates the language improvement courses in the undergraduate curriculum of the Department of English Language Teaching (ELT) at Eastern Mediterranean University. The language improvement courses are: Oral Communication Skills I and II, Reading Skills I, II, and Advanced Reading Skills, Writing Skills I, II and Advanced Writing Skills, and English Grammar I and II. In this evaluation study, the adapted version of Bellon and Handler̕s (1982) curriculum evaluation model was employed. The p...
EVALUATION OF ENGLISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL CURRICULUM AT BAŞKENT UNIVERSITY USING ALKIN’S UCLA EVALUATION MODEL Can Gülsat, Esra; Ok, Ahmet; Department of Educational Sciences (2021-10) This research study aims to evaluate English Preparatory School curriculum at Başkent University from the perspectives of students and English language instructors. The appropriateness of the Preparatory School curriculum regarding objectives, content, teaching methods, materials and assessment procedures were examined based on the perceptions of students and English language instructors. In addition, challenges and language needs of students in English medium instruction were investigated based on the perc...
Evaluation of an english language program implemented at civil aviation cabin services program at an aviation vocational school in Turkey Alkur, Cemile; Engin Demir, Cennet; Department of Educational Sciences (2019) The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the English Language program implemented at Civil Aviation Cabin Services Program. To this end, CIPP (context, input, process, product) evaluation model developed by Stufflebeam (1971) was utilized. The sample composed of 63 students registered at the Civil Aviation Services Program in the 2018-2019 academic year, 2 English Language instructors and 5 flight attendats graduated from the program. The data were gathered through qualitative and quantitative data c...
An investigation of the effectiveness of the theme-based curriculum in the 2003-2004 academic year at the department of basic English at Middle East Technical University Topçu, Tansu; Daloğlu, Ayşegül; Department of English Language Teaching (2005) This study examines the implementation of the theme-based curriculum in the 2003-2004 academic year to meet the goals and objectives of DBE students at METU. The research design of the study includes questionnaires and focus group interviews with former DBE students and DBE teachers. At the first stage, 231 students and 60 teachers took the questionnaire. Then, 19 students (in groups) and teachers (individually) were interviewed. The results indicated that there was a big difference between the perceptions ...
An examination of the relationship between content familiar texts derived from readers' interest and reading performance of English language learners at University level Öztürk, Nesrin; Aksu, Meral; Department of Educational Sciences (2010) This study aimed to examine the relationship of background knowledge in relation to topic interest and reading performance of English language learners at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. For that, a reading interest questionnaire and three reading comprehension tests, which were accompanied with a 2-item background & interest questionnaire, were developed by the researcher. These instruments were implemented on 75 English language learners studying at TOBB ETU Preparatory School. The results ob...

Citation Formats

H. E. Erdem, “Evaluating the English language curriculum at a private school in Ankara : A case study,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1999.