Coursebook Evaluation

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Abstract: This study seeks to evaluate English school textbook entitled Prospect 1 (2013). edited by from Press based on Hutchinson And Waters model of Needs Analysis, covering the Target needs( i.e. Necessities, Lacks and Wants) and the Learning needs. In so doing, Joshua Miekley’s model (2005), likewise, was adopted to implement the internal and external evaluation. The content of this book goes far beyond the knowledge of English language students which has a negative effect both on the comprehension of tasks and the students’ involvement in the activities. Other deficiencies relate to excluding English culture from English language; the contents of the lessons do not interest adequately students and illustrations are irrelevant…show more content…
McDonough and Shaw’ (1993) bi-phase model of pithy external evaluation criteria with an overhaul of the organizational foundation of the coursebook claimed explicitly by the author/publisher provided in the cover, introduction, and table of contents statements and in-depth internal examination of the coursebook for overturning to what extent the materials comply with what the author claims and with the aims and objectives set by the teaching program lends a protean model for the expansive evaluation of coursebooks. Their framework helps teachers do a predictive evaluation for selecting a coursebook and render a retrospective evaluation for identifying pros and cons of the coursebooks already used in their teaching context, likewise. This study tries to encourage the teachers an instructor to localize and adapt and develop materials in ESP pursuant…show more content…
Rivers (1981) provided categories and criteria for evaluating materials. Mariani (1983) wrote about evaluation and supplementation, Cunningsworth (1984) provided a very detailed checklist of evaluation criteria ‘for evaluating teaching material’ (p. 74). Breen & Candlin (1987) published a principled guide for both evaluators and producers of materials. Skierso (1991) provided probably the most comprehensive checklist of criteria for textbooks and teachers’ books by combining checklists from various sources. Materials evaluation checklists are also proposed by Cunningsworth (1995), Harmer (1991, 1998), Roberts (1996), Ur (1996), Brown (1997), Hemsley (1997) and Gearing (1999). Tucker (1975) proposed a tetra-component scheme for measuring the internal and external value of beginners’ text book. Davidson (1976) propose proposed a five-category scheme for the evaluation and selection of textbooks. Williams (1983) developed criteria for textbook evaluation. Dauod and Celce-Murcia (1979) provided checklists of criteria for evaluating coursebooks. Candlin&Breen (1980) proposed criteria for evaluating materials and, unlike many of their contemporaries, also proposed the use of these criteria when developing

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