TEXTBOOK EVALUATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING: SOLUTIONS, PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to examine an EFL textbook that is used in a private secondary school in Turkey. First two units of the textbook Solutions were evaluated in terms of their appropriateness, completeness, and utility for 23 false beginner English language learners. The evaluation was carried out in two steps: (1) external evaluation, (2) internal evaluation via semi-structured interviews with the classroom teacher and student questionnaires. The evaluation results revealed that the students and the teacher were satisfied with the textbook; however, they criticized the following points: (i) the same order of presentation of the units, (ii) the cultural contents were biased, (iii) the aim of the book was not appropriate, (iv) the high-speed of native speaker talks in the CD’s. In addition, the classroom teacher reported that she would quit using the textbook with false beginners.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Book Review
Authors
Burçin Yapıcı
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Türkiye
Publication Date
June 27, 2019
Submission Date
January 9, 2019
Acceptance Date
January 17, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 2 Number: 1