A Toolbox for College EFL Program Design

IV. Program Objectives and Goals

Feedback, evaluation, and student assessment constitute the remaining section of this article. Feedback to teachers in our program consists of anonymous student evaluations that are done at the end of each term. Questions on the form relate to tasks and activities in the program such as participating in a small group discussion, and writing a journal. The evaluation form was developed and modified over a number of meetings with part-time teachers. The evaluation forms are reviewed by the program coordinator.

The IE Program hired an external reviewer, Alister Cumming of the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education to sit on some of our classes, and to review our curricular materials. Two research MAs have been based on testing and evaluating the students and their classes. The full-time teachers involved in the program have maintained a fairly extensive involvement in research and presentations on the program at JALT and TESOL where possible, in joint presentations with part-time teachers.

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