An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the ENG 101 Course

Improvement of the Reading and Writing Skill of the
students is very important in the Middle East
Technical University (METU), where the medium of
instruction is English.That is why after each course
renewal project, there arises the need to evaluate
the latest version. This work ,therefore, attempts
to evaluate the effectiveness of the ENG 101,the
Development of Reading and Writing Skills 1 course
offered by the Department of Modern Languages at
METU. In literature, there were very few
comprehensive studies considering a course
both in general sense and with a more specific focus
on a certain element such as the coursebook. Thus,
this particular study aimed to contribute to the
existing evaluation procedures by providing a double
perspective; one being in course (general) level and
the other one in materials level with a specific
focus on the coursebook. It was hoped that the
results of this would positively contribute to the
curriculum development processes. Besides, the
methods and the instruments used in the study would
inspire the ones who would like to evaluate any
course and its coursebook regarding the degree of
effectiveness.

Autorentext

Duygu Güntek, ELT: Studied English Language Teaching at Middle East Technical University (METU). Instructor of English in the Department of Modern Languages at METU, Ankara, Turkey.

Klappentext

Improvement of the Reading and Writing Skill of the students is very important in the Middle East Technical University (METU), where the medium of instruction is English.That is why after each course renewal project, there arises the need to evaluate the latest version. This work ,therefore, attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of the ENG 101,the Development of Reading and Writing Skills 1 course offered by the Department of Modern Languages at METU. In literature, there were very few comprehensive studies considering a course both in general sense and with a more specific focus on a certain element such as the coursebook. Thus, this particular study aimed to contribute to the existing evaluation procedures by providing a double perspective; one being in course (general) level and the other one in materials level with a specific focus on the coursebook. It was hoped that the results of this would positively contribute to the curriculum development processes. Besides, the methods and the instruments used in the study would inspire the ones who would like to evaluate any course and its coursebook regarding the degree of effectiveness.