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AHFE 2018: Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics pp 97–106Cite as

Methods for Assessing the Effectiveness of Language Learning – A Comparative Study

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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the existing tools and methods used to measure the effectiveness of language education in language centres (LCs). LCs present various approaches to both curriculum design and management systems. If a closer link is to be sought between the teaching methods, the institutional management and the effectiveness of the education process, a proper classification and evaluation of the verification methods used in quality language teaching is needed. The analysis is based on literature review and includes methods employed for the assessment of language ability.

This study is a part of an ongoing project that is aimed at finding correlations between the teaching and the management methods and efficiency.

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  1. Faculty of Management and Production Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Piotrkowska 266, 90-924, Lodz, Poland

    Adrianna Kozlowska & Zbigniew Wisniewski

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    Richard H. M. Goossens

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Kozlowska, A., Wisniewski, Z. (2019). Methods for Assessing the Effectiveness of Language Learning – A Comparative Study. In: Goossens, R. (eds) Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 792. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94000-7_10

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