Blended Language Program Evaluation [Hardcover]

Advocating an argument-based approach, Blended Language Program Evaluation presents a framework for planning, conducting, and appraising evaluation of blended language learning across three institutional levels, and demonstrates its utility and application in four case studies carried out in diverse international contexts.

With the ever-increasing integration of new technologies in face-to-face instructional settings, approaches to modern language education pose numerous challenges to program evaluation. Blended Language Program Evaluation introduces an argument-based approach to guide program evaluators and stakeholders through planning, conducting, and appraising evaluation projects that result in useful outcomes leading to program improvement. Written for program evaluators and language professionals alike, the book discusses theoretical underpinnings for the proposed framework and describes the specifics of its effectuation at each of the three program levels: micro, meso, and macro levels. To illustrate the utility, flexibility, and application of the framework for evaluating blended language programs, the book presents four case studies conducted in diverse international contexts.

1. Situating blended language program evaluation

2. Essentials of blended language program evaluation: Towards an argument-based approach

3. Micro-level evaluation

4. Meso-level evaluation

5. Macro-level evaluation

6. A micro-level case study in Chile

7. A meso-level case study in the USA

8. A meso-level case study in Vietnam

9. A macro-level case study in Australia

10. Reflecting on blended language program evaluation

Paul Gruba is Senior Lecturer in applied linguistics at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research intlc+