Öz

Various visual, audio and technological materials have been used in EFL environments for many years by educators in order to provide the most effective and authentic language experiences to EFL learners within the scope of teaching English as a foreign language. Coursebooks are undoubtedly one of these materials. In addition to the local coursebooks published by countries in the market, various coursebooks published by native countries such as England and the United States are effectively utilized. In the current study, an effort was made to evaluate the units of different coursebooks used by the Ministry of National Education (MEB) so as to deliver the most beneficial language experience to Turkish EFL learners, in Turkey. Following random sampling, this study carried out the analyses of different units drawing on the coursebook evaluation checklist developed by Demir and Ertaş (2014). According to the results of the content analysis, suggestions such as changing or adding various parts of some units in order to ensure Turkish EFL learners with more authentic and communicative language teaching experiences were presented.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Coursebook evaluation
• language coursebooks
• english language teaching

Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı Tarafından Kullanılan Farklı İngilizce Ders Kitabı Ünitelerinin Değerlendirilmesi

Öz

Çeşitli görsel, işitsel ve teknolojik materyaller, İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğretme kapsamında öğrencilere en etkili ve özgün dil deneyimlerini sağlamak amacıyla dünya çağında eğitimciler tarafından uzun yıllardır yabancı dil sınıflarında kullanılmaktadır. Ders kitapları da şüphesiz bu materyallerden birini oluşturmaktadır. Piyasada ülkeler tarafından yayınlanan yerel ders kitaplarına ek olarak, İngiltere, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve Kanada gibi İngilizcenin ana dil olarak kullanıldığı ülkeler tarafından yayınlanan çeşitli ders kitaplarından da etkili bir şekilde faydalanılmaktadır. Mevcut çalışmada ise, Türkiye’de bulunan ve İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Türk öğrencilerine en faydalı dil deneyimini sunmak amacıyla Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı (MEB) tarafından kullanılan farklı ders kitaplarının içerdiği ünitelerinin değerlendirilmeye tabi tutulması amaçlanmıştır. Rastgele örneklemeyi takiben, bu çalışmada Demir ve Ertaş (2014) tarafından geliştirilen ders kitabı değerlendirme kontrol listesi esas alınarak farklı ünitelerin analizleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. İçerik analizi sonuçlarına göre, öğrencilere daha özgün ve iletişimsel dil öğretim deneyimleri sağlamak amacıyla bazı ünitelerin çeşitli bölümlerinin değiştirilmesi veya eklenmesi gibi öneriler sunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ders kitabı değerlendirmesi
• dil ders kitapları
• ingilizce dil öğretimi

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