Is It According to Plan? Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Vocational High School English Programme

Abstract

Some critics argued that the quality of teaching and learning process tends to be inappropriate that does not relate to industry needs, current technology and innovation, and provides inadequate basic generate skills to students, particularly in learning English (Himpun, 2015; OECD, 2015; Serdyukov,2017). Grounded in CIPP evaluation model proposed by Daniel L. Stufflebeam, this study evaluated the effectiveness of English study program which was rarely examined. The results suggest that the goal achievement of English program was significantly affected by teachers’ and students’ activities; teaching and learning materials; and school environment. However, school facilities as one of the pivotal elements have not significant effect on English program where the facilities were not used properly to support teaching and learning process. Thus, the implications of this study would be of interest not only for educational practitioners, but also educational policy makers in implementing English-medium education in vocational school.

Keywords

• teaching and learning
• english programme
• cipp model
• evaluation study
• vocational high school