TEXTBOOK EVALUATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING: SOLUTIONS, PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Öz
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Kitap İncelemesi
Yazarlar
Burçin Yapıcı
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Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
27 Haziran 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
9 Ocak 2019
Kabul Tarihi
17 Ocak 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 1