Background: The spread of technology has influenced different aspects of human life, and teaching and learning are not exceptions. This study aimed to examine the potential contribution of the use of technology in teaching English language to medical students.   Methods: This qualitative-action research study was conducted in Birjand University of Medical Sciences (BUMS), with 60 medica...

As a preliminary step towards conducting a teacher survey on pronunciation teaching in order to design a phonetics course for current and prospective English teachers in Japan, this paper analyses six governmentapproved English textbooks used in junior high schools. The purposes are to examine the types of pronunciation activities in the textbooks and to discuss the knowledge of phonetics requi...

Learning a foreign language takes time and effort. In the last few years, too much emphasis has been placed on oral communication skills and English teachers make their students speak English without paying enough attention to grammatical accuracy. As a result, while students’ ability in terms of fluency has improved, they often cannot communicate appropriately in English due to a lack of gramm...

This paper focused on analysing the visual values found in Pathway to English 3 textbook. In conducting this research, a descriptive qualitative approach was used. The content analysis model applied. data taken from an textbook published by Erlangga 2015 entitled 3. A documentation used collect data. examined based Kress and Leeuwen (2006) complementarity. There are three results of research. F...

This article aims to analyse the task instruction of speaking tasks in an English student’s book for grade X that Balitbang Kemdikbud publishes. As first edition textbook, some inaccuracies might be found especially related instruction. is descriptive research with checklist evaluation as instrument research. The consists six sub-indicators. Four evaluators, teachers who use book, fulfilled eva...

In this study, the authors evaluate ESP textbooks that were institutionally prepared for students of Civil Engineering and Faculty Engineering, University Muhammadiyah Malang. The analysis evaluating in study used a qualitative descriptive method based on Cunningsworth Miekley checklist. rating scale points evaluated include very good, moderate, poor. results showed almost all categories marked...