Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Historical background; 3. Validity; 4. Positivistic designs; 5. Naturalistic designs; 6. Quantitative data gathering and analysis; 7. Qualitative data gathering; 8. Combining positivistic and naturalistic program evaluation; 9. Conclusions

Promotional Information

Combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to second language program evaluation.

Reviews

"This book is lucidly written and well organized, with incisive introductions and conclusions at the beginning and end of each chapter, as well as plenty of evaluation examples to support the theoretical positins presented. It is an important contribution for novice researchers in different fields of applied linguistics." Pauline Rea-Dickins, Studies in Second Language Acquisitions