Universal Characteristics
of EFL/ESL Textbooks
How necessary is a textbook?
It depends on:
Teachers'
teaching style.
Resources
available.
Standarts of teaching
in the School.
There is not a
perfect book
Teachers have the option to
assinging supplementary
materials based on their needs
Why use textbooks?
-Is a framework which regulates and
times the programs.
-No textbook means no purpose.
-Is a cheap way of providing learning material.
-Means security, guidance, and support.
-no book- no learning not seriously.
They are "masses of
rubbish skillfully marketed"
They are valid, useful
and labor-saving tools.
Checklist Approach to
Textbook Evaluation
Scholars offered checklists
based on supposedly
generalizable criteria
2. PENNY UR'S 1996 CRITERIA
FOR ELF/ESL
COURSEBOOK ASSESSMENT.
External criteria:
give a broader view of the book
Internal criteria:
Language related
Pronunciation criterion:
-Coverage of sounds
& suprasegmentals
- Whether or not students are from a single language background
- Whether or not students are kids or adults.
-Quality & Quantity.
Grammar criterion
-Adequancy.
-Appropiate sequencing.
-Adequacy of drills
1. ALLEN TUCKER'S 1975 SYSTEM
FOR EVALUATING BEGINNING ELF/ESL TEXTBOOKS.
-Consistent with the basic linguistic,psychological, and pedagogical principles.
A rating scheme wich provides a method for judging
A chart/graph wich provides a visual comparison % the evaluator's opinion & a hypothetical ideal model.
The problem with checklists, is that they depend on the swings of theoretical pendulum