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To promote English language learning, universities in Taiwan have been setting up traditional and online English language self-study centers. English honors or elite programs are also being established to offer advanced training of the English language to students. A private university in northern Taiwan established the English Elite Program in 2008, providing courses in three different sections through traditional and distance learning modes. The distance learning courses aim to reduce students’ difficulties with conflicting schedules between the courses in their own departments and the program courses. In this study, the researchers evaluate the Elite Program using the Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) model. Data were collected from program documents, questionnaires, classroom observations, graduates’ academic scores, and interviews of the instructors and graduates who received the program certificate. This study is helpful for program designers, teachers, students, and university administrators of this type of program and other similar foreign-language programs. This study also provides useful recommendations for universities planning to establish a similar program, particularly with the inclusion of distance learning courses.
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Introduction
Introducing the English Elite Program at FJCU
The Courses
General Background Information on Students
Purposes and Research Questions
Literature Review
Program Evaluation
Blended Learning and Distance Learning
Methodology
Participants
Instruments
Procedure
Data Collection and Analysis
Results and Discussions
Context and Input: The Rationale of the Establishment of this Program
Context and Input: Challenges from the Administrative Perspective
Process: Course Designs
Product: Benefits Gained by the Students
Acknowledgements
The Authors
References
Appendix