Evaluation of English language instruction program by examining the Professors' view, at Isfahan University of Medical SciencesEvaluation of English language instruction program by examining the Professors' view, at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

 Seeing as the active participation of faculty members in the development of world science depends highly on their language knowledge, the Deputy of Education of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences with the approach of developing academic interactions has implemented wide range of language instruction programs. This study endeavored to determine the views of faculty members on the English language instruction program, measuring the level of learning and examining opportunities and challenges through evaluation based on the Kirk Patrick model.

 The population of this cross-sectional descriptive study consisted of faculty members participating in English language instruction classes in the academic year 2020, who were included in the study by census during three semesters (72 individuals). The instrumentation was a questionnaire developed by the researchers to examine the views of the respondents, with authenticated validity and reliability. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and average comparison tests, Pearson, Spearman, and Paired t-test.

 Sixty-five questionnaires were analyzed. The average final score of the questionnaire is 87.94 out of 130. Suitability and useability of the course, interest in participating in subsequent program and recommending to other colleagues, and the importance of persuading the lecturer to learn English from the opportunities of the program and intensive and stressful course and interference with professors' classes or not having the opportunity to do homework It can be considered as one of the challenges of the course Besides, the scores evaluated by teacher after the English language instruction program led to significantly higher scores, which in turn indicated the applicability of the program.

 Faculty members had a high score of the language instruction program and the level of learning has increased. Obtaining the findings of this study and examining its opportunities, it is possible to elevate the English language instruction programs and greatly reduce its shortcomings.