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THE ReCEP EXPERIMENT: The evaluation of the program. Mohd Sallehhudin Abd Aziz Pusat Pengajian Bahasa & Linguistik Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. What is *ReCEP?. *Residential Colleges English Program Aka English Language Speaking Zone. Why the acronym?. Branding purposes Sounds good
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THE ReCEP EXPERIMENT:The evaluation of the program Mohd Sallehhudin Abd Aziz Pusat Pengajian Bahasa & Linguistik Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
What is *ReCEP? • *Residential Colleges English Program • Aka English Language Speaking Zone
Why the acronym? • Branding purposes • Sounds good • Creates curiosity • ELSZ does not stir interest
Why ReCEP Experiment? • Need more time for language applications • A new ‘radical’ approach to learning
Aims of ReCEP • To provide students with opportunities to take control of their learning • To provide conducive environment to use the target language • To provide some content input to develop language skills • To provide a sense ownership of their learning
The Structure of ReCEP • Flexibility • Collaboration • Regular contact with language informant • No classroom learning
Aims of the research • To investigate the implementation of ReCEP • To ascertain the efficiency and ‘effectiveness’ of ReCEP • To make recommendations to the authorities
The Evaluation • To measure efficiency and effectiveness of the ReCEP Experiment
Approach to evaluation • Qualitative Approach • Non Measurement (non test) • ‘Effectiveness’ is measured through feedback from learners, language informant & other stakeholders
Evaluation tools • Questionnaire • Semi structured Interviews • Logs/records
Questionnaire • Student leaders (Pre and post) • Administrative staff • Language informant
Questionnaire • 2 sets- • Set 1-early in the semester • Set 2- end of the semester • Based on Oskarsson’s (1979) self assessment checklist
Interviews • Semi structured • 10 students • Language informant • Administrative staff • Pengetua
Logs/Records • Student leaders