Tesol End Term Assignment - 2023 - Already Graded A+

TESOL END TERM ASSIGNMENT 1. It is important to evaluate the success and effectiveness of your courses so that you could make improvements on an on-going basis”. Justify the statement with reference to Kirkpatrick’s Model The Kirkpatrick Model of Evaluation was developed by Donald Kirkpatrick in 1959, is the most popular model for evaluating the effectiveness of a training program. The model comprises four levels of evaluation : LEVEL 1 : REACTION LEVEL 2 : LEARNING LEVEL 3 : BEHAVIOUR LEVEL 4 : RESULTS LEVEL 1 : REACTION In this level, the analysis of the participants' reaction to the training experience is recorded. Specifically, it refers to how satisfying, engaging, and relevant they find the training. This is the most common type of evaluation technique. Training professionals often hand out 'smile sheets' (or 'happy sheets') to participants at the end of a workshop or eLearning experience. Participants rate, on a scale of 1-5, how satisfying, relevant, and engaging they found the training program. Level 1 tells how the learners feel about the experience, but the data cannot speculate the exact impact of the training program. The purpose of the training is to improve the performance of the learner, so while an indication that learners are enjoying the training program may be nice, it does not tell us whether or not we are achieving our performance goal. With that being said, efforts to create a satisfying, enjoyable, and relevant training experience are worthwhile, but this level of evaluation strategy requires the least amount of time and budget. EVALUATION ACTIVITY : The most common way to conduct LEVEL 1 evaluation is to administer a short survey at the conclusion of a training experience. A short survey is done with a set of Questionnaires and the Learners are asked to rate