Micro-Level Evaluation

Abstract

In the previous chapters, we introduced language program evaluation and an argument-based approach to blended language program evaluation. Further, we argued that blended language programs were best understood at three levels — micro, meso, and macro — with a view that the boundaries of each level could be tailored to fit the needs of a specific evaluation project. The aim of this chapter is to discuss program evaluation at the micro level. We define the micro level as the place where interactions with technology are made evident through the selection and use of activities, groupings, and tools that reflect both teachers and learners’ teaching and learning philosophies and capacities.