Investigating the Effectiveness of English Language Curriculum of Language Institutes in the City of Isfahan

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of English language curriculum of language institutes in the city of Isfahan from lecturers and learners’ perspective. In order to this, a sample of 185 members (including 89 learners and 96 lecturers) has been selected from language institutes in the city of Isfahan through clarified sampling method. In order to investigate face and content validity of the questionnaire, the expert’s of English language curriculum have been asked to review the questionnaire and modify it. The reliability of the questionnaire has been measured through Cronbachs’ Alpha Coefficient. The coefficient was 0.90 for our questionnaire by which reliability of the questionnaire has been confirmed. The research data has been analyzed through both descriptive statistics (including frequencies, percentages, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (including one sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Kolmogorov-Smirinov, two sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance, and Levin test) have been employed. The results of this study revealed that the extent of English language curriculum was more than average level. In other words, English language curriculum was effective from lecturers and learners’ perspective.

Keywords: Evaluation, Goals, Curriculum, Teaching-learning Process, Content