TURKISH EFL LEARNERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON INTERCHANGE SERIES

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Textbooks are of great importance for English Language teaching, especially in an educational setting. ELT textbooks are seen as a facilitator type of ELT material (Weninger & Kiss, 2013). Finding the appropriate textbooks for the learners and the intended outcomes is a challenging issue. After choosing and using a textbook, it is significant to monitor its strengths and weaknesses. This paper aims to conduct an evaluation of the Interchange 5^th edition series.

Keywords: textbook evaluation, ELT, Interchange

TURKISH EFL LEARNERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON INTERCHANGE SERIES

Öz

Textbooks are of great importance for English Language teaching, especially in an educational setting. ELT textbooks are seen as a facilitator type of ELT material (Weninger & Kiss, 2013). Finding the appropriate textbooks for the learners and the intended outcomes is a challenging issue. After choosing and using a textbook, it is significant to monitor its strengths and weaknesses. This paper aims to conduct an evaluation of the Interchange 5^th edition series.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• textbook evaluation,ELT

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