1. THE ReCEP EXPERIMENT: The evaluation of the program Mohd Sallehhudin Abd Aziz Pusat Pengajian Bahasa & Linguistik Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2. What is *ReCEP? *Residential Colleges English Program Aka English Language Speaking Zone

3. Why the acronym? Branding purposes Sounds good Creates curiosity ELSZ does not stir interest

4. Why ReCEP Experiment? Need more time for language applications A new ‘radical’ approach to learning

5. Aims of ReCEP To provide students with opportunities to take control of their learning To provide conducive environment to use the target language To provide some content input to develop language skills To provide a sense ownership of their learning

6. The Structure of ReCEP Flexibility Collaboration Regular contact with language informant No classroom learning

7. Aims of the research To investigate the implementation of ReCEP To ascertain the efficiency and ‘effectiveness’ of ReCEP To make recommendations to the authorities

8. The Evaluation To measure efficiency and effectiveness of the ReCEP Experiment

9. Approach to evaluation Qualitative Approach Non Measurement (non test) ‘Effectiveness’ is measured through feedback from learners, language informant & other stakeholders

10. Evaluation tools Questionnaire Semi structured Interviews Logs/records

11. Questionnaire Student leaders (Pre and post) Administrative staff Language informant

12. Questionnaire 2 sets- Set 1-early in the semester Set 2- end of the semester Based on Oskarsson’s (1979) self assessment checklist

13. Interviews Semi structured 10 students Language informant Administrative staff Pengetua

14. Logs/Records Student leaders

15. Terima Kasih