The Description of Characteristics of the Desirable Evaluation of Language Teaching Curriculum in Elementary Education

The purpose of this study is to explain the characteristics of the desirable evaluation of elementary language teaching curriculum from teachers’ points of view. The research design was based on mixed methods. In the quantitative part, the statistical population included all of elementary teachers in Kerman city of whom a total of 350 teachers were selected as the sample. In the qualitative part, the sample consisted of 30 top teachers of the province at the elementary level. A researcher-made questionnaire and an unstructured interview method were used in the quantitative and qualitative parts respectively. The reliability was estimated at 0.91 using composite reliability via PLS software and the convergent validity was estimated at 0.52. The main results of this study indicated that teachers prioritize objective test in children language teaching evaluation, while the talent and achievement tests receive the least priority. Also, the time-consuming nature of teachers’ written activities, such as recording their observations and managing the workbooks and filling up the evaluation forms was among the most important reasons of the weaknesses of language teaching curriculum evaluation from teachers’ points of view. On the other hand, decreasing students’ anxiety in language teaching classrooms, and also the interactions of students with each other and with teacher in language teaching curriculum were the most important reasons of the strengths of language teaching curriculum evaluation from teachers’ points of view.