An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010

An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010

Textbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. The present study carries out an evaluation of two series of ELT textbooks used for teaching English language in Iranian high schools since 1970 to 2010. For this purpose, Tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model (...

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Main Author: Akbar Azizifar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2009-10-01
Series:Journal of Applied Linguistics
Subjects:
English language teaching
Textbook Design
Textbook evaluation
Communicative Achievement
Online Access:http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524129_737532a5ce2d1183368f135e13df1cae.pdf
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spelling doaj-0ec7e10b61c041acb22b5bace0a71f5b2020-11-24T23:12:50ZengIslamic Azad University, Tabriz BranchJournal of Applied Linguistics2008-84342538-16952009-10-01255279524129An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010Akbar AzizifarTextbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. The present study carries out an evaluation of two series of ELT textbooks used for teaching English language in Iranian high schools since 1970 to 2010. For this purpose, Tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model (see Appendix) has been employed. The results suggest that one of the main factors for the students’ achievement in English language is the ELT textbooks. The researcher suggests that in the textbooks, there should be enough opportunity for the learners to communicatively practice the language they are learning.http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524129_737532a5ce2d1183368f135e13df1cae.pdfEnglish language teachingTextbook DesignTextbook evaluationCommunicative Achievement
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An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010
Journal of Applied Linguistics
English language teaching
Textbook Design
Textbook evaluation
Communicative Achievement
author_facet Akbar Azizifar
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title An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010
title_short An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010
title_full An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010
title_fullStr An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010
title_full_unstemmed An Analytical Evaluation of Iranian High School ELT Textbooks from 1970 to 2010
title_sort analytical evaluation of iranian high school elt textbooks from 1970 to 2010
publisher Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
series Journal of Applied Linguistics
issn 2008-8434
2538-1695
publishDate 2009-10-01
description Textbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. The present study carries out an evaluation of two series of ELT textbooks used for teaching English language in Iranian high schools since 1970 to 2010. For this purpose, Tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model (see Appendix) has been employed. The results suggest that one of the main factors for the students’ achievement in English language is the ELT textbooks. The researcher suggests that in the textbooks, there should be enough opportunity for the learners to communicatively practice the language they are learning.
topic English language teaching
Textbook Design
Textbook evaluation
Communicative Achievement
url http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524129_737532a5ce2d1183368f135e13df1cae.pdf
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