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Evaluate an article

This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.

• Name of article: Multilingual Education
• Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.Because I am a chinese student who study in USA for several years and I realized my Engilishe skill is not well as the people who learned English in their childhood. I think Multilingual Education is very important for now.

Lead

Guiding questions

• Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
• Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Lead evaluation

The lead gives us the clear definition of the "Multilingual Education". Also, it shows some clues for "Multilingual Education". In addtion, the lead covers all informations which present in the article. Overall, the lead is concise.

Content

Guiding questions

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
• Is the content up-to-date?
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Content evaluation

The aricle's content relavant to the topic and also highly linked to the lead. The content updates on time. On my opinion, the subsidiary section which is 2.1 is not closely linked to the section 2. It might to set as an independent section.

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions

• Is the article neutral?
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
• Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Tone and balance evaluation

Overall, the article is neutral. All claims are not biased. On my opinion, the multilingual education's development as author introduced is adaptive in developing countries, so there should be added more introduction for the current status of multilingual education in diffrent countries. The article indroduces the new concept of education clearly. I learned from it.

Sources and References

Guiding questions

• Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
• Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
• Are the sources current?
• Check a few links. Do they work?

Sources and references evaluation

The facts in the article are reliable from secondary souces. The sources are thorugh. Most of the sources are published before 2010. The links I checked work.

Organization

Guiding questions

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
• Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
• Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Organization evaluation

The overall of this article is good, However, some specifc nouns are not clearly defined.Some senteces lose punctuations. The article introduces us the concept of Multilingual Education, but I think it should be more detail for some point, like the history of the MLE or the current status of MLE over the world.

Images and Media

Guiding questions

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
• Are images well-captioned?
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Images and media evaluation

This article doesn't have images or media.

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Talk page evaluation

The conversations mainly about the modification for external links. The article is not rated and is a part of WikiProjects for Linguistics. I think the wikipedia tried used more formal way to introduce the topic rather than the way we talked in class.

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

• What is the article's overall status?
• What are the article's strengths?
• How can the article be improved?
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

Overall evaluation

Overall, it is a good introduction article. And the contents are clearly and organized. The suggestion I have is the history of the MLE should be added to the page and there should be more detailed things about the MLE in different countries, not only in india. The article is kind of developed.

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