Theorizing teachers' perspectives on an EFL textbook for public high schools of Iran: a grounded theory.

Autor/inn/en	Ostovar Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Saboor Moghaddam, Mohammad Reza; Tajzad, Maryam
Titel	Theorizing teachers' perspectives on an EFL textbook for public high schools of Iran: a grounded theory.
Quelle	In: English language teaching, 7 (2014) 10, S. 123-129 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742; 1916-4750
DOI	10.5539/elt.v7n10p123
Schlagwörter	Inhaltsanalyse; Qualitative Analyse; Sekundarstufe II; Lehrer; Schulbuch; Englischunterricht; Bewertung; Online-Publikation; Iran
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to explore language teachers' perspectives on Iranian third grade senior high school EFL textbook, which is prescribed by the Ministry of Education. In data collection and analysis, the researchers used theoretical sampling and the coding schemes presented in grounded theory. Final analysis yielded "Negative Evaluation of English Book 3" as the core category, and eight subcategories including "Dullness of pictures", "Disregarding Learners' Interest", "Grammar Overload", "Inadequate Explanations", "Inefficient Presentation of Pronunciation", "Contrived Dialogues" and "Decontextualized Vocabulary", and "Ignoring Language skills", which capture the teachers' perspectives on Iranian third grade senior high school EFL textbook. The results have clear implications for curriculum development, syllabus design.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2015/3