Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools
Changing the English textbook of the first grade junior high school at Iran’s public schools after 27 years has sparked researchers’ interests in conducting evaluations of the new English textbook to get insights into its strengths and weaknesses. In line with this trend, this study aimed at evaluat...
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doaj-8262c1b64a374a0690607482c1905cef2020-11-24T23:08:30ZengIslamic Azad University, Tabriz BranchJournal of Applied Linguistics2008-84342538-16952014-11-01715123524191Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High SchoolsMarzieh AsadiGholam Reza Kiany2Changing the English textbook of the first grade junior high school at Iran’s public schools after 27 years has sparked researchers’ interests in conducting evaluations of the new English textbook to get insights into its strengths and weaknesses. In line with this trend, this study aimed at evaluating the new textbook (Prospect 1) from teachers’ perspectives. To attain this objective, 30 junior high school teachers were interviewed and the data were then analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The results revealed that from teachers’ perspectives, there were some pitfalls with the new textbook such as applying an unsuitable method of literacy instruction; over-attention to the communication skills at the expense of literacy skills; over-localization of the content; overlooking the development of intercultural competence in students; and lack of authenticity in the presentation of the content. Finally, as the central figures in the process of educational change, the participant teachers offered some suggestions to amend the new textbook with the hope that their voices be heard by the pertinent authorities.http://jal.iaut.ac.ir/article_524191_22d0a126edc2d24e74077486ca2baed3.pdfTextbook evaluationProspect 1English school teachersIran’s Public Schools English TextbookTeachers’ Perspectives |
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Marzieh Asadi Gholam Reza Kiany2 Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools Journal of Applied Linguistics Textbook evaluation Prospect 1 English school teachers Iran’s Public Schools English Textbook Teachers’ Perspectives |
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Marzieh Asadi Gholam Reza Kiany2 |
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Marzieh Asadi |
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Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools |
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Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools |
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Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools |
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Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools |
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Teachers’ Perceptions of and Concerns for the Implementation of the New First Grade English Textbook at Iran’s Public Junior High Schools |
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teachers’ perceptions of and concerns for the implementation of the new first grade english textbook at iran’s public junior high schools |
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Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch |
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Journal of Applied Linguistics |
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2008-8434 2538-1695 |
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2014-11-01 |
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Changing the English textbook of the first grade junior high school at Iran’s public schools after 27 years has sparked researchers’ interests in conducting evaluations of the new English textbook to get insights into its strengths and weaknesses. In line with this trend, this study aimed at evaluating the new textbook (Prospect 1) from teachers’ perspectives. To attain this objective, 30 junior high school teachers were interviewed and the data were then analyzed by qualitative content analysis. The results revealed that from teachers’ perspectives, there were some pitfalls with the new textbook such as applying an unsuitable method of literacy instruction; over-attention to the communication skills at the expense of literacy skills; over-localization of the content; overlooking the development of intercultural competence in students; and lack of authenticity in the presentation of the content. Finally, as the central figures in the process of educational change, the participant teachers offered some suggestions to amend the new textbook with the hope that their voices be heard by the pertinent authorities. |
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Textbook evaluation Prospect 1 English school teachers Iran’s Public Schools English Textbook Teachers’ Perspectives |
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