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

author

  • Akbar Azizifar
Abstract:

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.  

Upgrade to premium to download articles

Sign up to access the full text

Already have an account?login

similar resources

The Place Of Culture In The Iranian ELT Textbooks In High School Level

The present study is an attempt to investigate the way culture is addressed in ELT in Iran in general and the place of culture in ELT at the high school level of education in particular. Throughout the study, this issue was examined with reference to the relevant theoretical background, and the content analysis of prescribed English textbooks. The research findings make it clear that the curren...

full text

a criical evaluation of prospect 1: iranian junior high school english book

این پایان نامه کتاب زبان انگلیسی پایه هفتم(پراسپکت 1) را بر اساس چک لیست کانینگ ورث (1995) مورد ارزیابی قراردهده و نقاط قوت و ضعب کتاب مذکور را بررسی می نماید. در گام دوم نیز از طریق مصاحبه با تعدادی از دبیران زبان انگلیسی که کتاب مورد نظر را تدریس می کنند، نظر دبیران را در مورد پراسپک 1 جویا می شود.

Curriculum and Political Development: An Examination of High School Textbooks

This study was undertaken to investigate how the components of political development derived from different theories, Holy Quran, hadith and the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran were mirrored in high school curriculum. This applied research had a descriptive design. Content analysis was utilized in this study and the statistical population was comprised of all social studies, histor...

full text

Socio-cultural Patterns in Iranian High School Textbooks from the View point of Motivation for Research

Introduction One very important aspect of any textbook is its content in terms of the motivation it creates in the readers. This is specifically true in EFL textbooks where the learners need more than just content since content-wise, such books are not very much different from the learners’ world knowledge level. That is why material developers working in this area are usually consciously choos...

full text

Content Analyses of Technical High School Textbooks as an Index of Attending to Vocational Training

Aiming at identification of the components of competence-based vocational training, and its status in textbooks used in technological high schools, a content analysis of five textbooks on non-technological competencies, commonly used in all fields, was undertaken utilizing a check list considered as valid by curriculum experts. Furthermore, a perusal of related texts and documents revealed thre...

full text

the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on reading comprehension among iranian high school students

the present study seeks to determine the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on iranian high school students’ reading comprehension ability. it also attempts to investigate the relationship between the learners reading comprehension and metacognitive strategies. furthermore, the study investigates whether iranian efl female high school students are high, medium, or low me...

My Resources

Save resource for easier access later

Save to my library Already added to my library

{@ msg_add @}


Journal title

volume 2  issue 5

pages  52- 79

publication date 2009-10-23

By following a journal you will be notified via email when a new issue of this journal is published.

Hosted on Doprax cloud platform doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023