The Evaluation of "English Textbook 2" Taught in Iranian High Schools from Teachers' Perspectives

Autor/inn/en	Ahour, Touran; Towhidiyan, Bayezid; Saeidi, Mahnaz
Titel	The Evaluation of "English Textbook 2" Taught in Iranian High Schools from Teachers' Perspectives
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 3, S.150-158 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Textbook Evaluation; Course Descriptions; Teaching Methods; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Curriculum Design; Check Lists; Likert Scales; Statistical Analysis; Content Analysis; Secondary School Teachers; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kursstrukturplan; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrplangestaltung; Checkliste; Likert-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the appropriateness of "English Textbook 2" for Iranian EFL second grade high school students from the teachers' perspectives. The participants of the study consisted of 25 English teachers (8 females and 17 males) randomly selected from different high schools in Boukan, Iran. The evaluation of the textbook was conducted quantitatively through an adapted checklist developed by Litz (2005). The checklist was a 5-point Likert scale and three criteria including subject and content, activities, and skills out of seven criteria in Litz's checklist were selected for this study. The results of the study revealed that teachers' perceptions about these criteria were not favorable in general. The results of this study can be helpful for teachers to use appropriate teaching techniques to compensate for the deficiencies of the textbook and the materials developers and syllabus and curriculum designers in Ministry of Education and other pedagogical experts to revise the current textbook or adopt a new textbook instead. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01