How Kawasaki Medical School Students Have Evaluated Recent Significant Program Changes Taking Place Within the Small Class English Program
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From this academic year three major changes to the Small Class English Program (SEP) have been implemented: The introduction of Mixed-Level Groups (MLG's) across all SEP courses, the cessation of traditional term-end examinations replaced by practical communication assessment centred courses and three new communication and critical thinking based syllabi. The author will convey the rationale behind the key changes and reinforce the need to consistently evaluate all new language learning developments while adopting participatory approaches, in order to guarantee the short and long term success of the program. This article deals with significant program developments, their origins and initial impact on SEP and highlights participants' evaluations of their experiences over one term. Further to this, while in the initial implementation stages the main priorities have been to gauge the response of participants to their new learning environment. Not just in terms of results achieved, but essentially to understand their overall sense of connectedness to the learning environment and how they feel about their lesson by lesson experiences. This article will extract highlights from the students' first term feedback from across all courses. Ultimately, all changes have been well received by the student body and the majority of participants' remain very positive about their SEP experience and continued involvement in the program. By adopting the practice of needs analysis and formative evaluation with key stakeholders the author hopes the on-going process of collecting data, analysing data and implementing the results then enables new course directions, supporting a program identity more in tune with the contemporary make-up of the student intake, as well as current second-language learning advancements; while ultimately creating a strong program identity with clear aims and goals.
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