Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks
Research in materials evaluation has been an important focus in ELT since the 1980s. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the general attributes of the textbooks and to evaluate the learning-teaching content. In this study, 944 male and female English teachers (Year 1 to Year 6 & Fo...
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| description | Research in materials evaluation has been an important focus in ELT since the 1980s. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the general attributes of the textbooks and to evaluate the learning-teaching content. In this study, 944 male and female English teachers (Year 1 to Year 6 & Form 1 to Form 5) evaluated the English books using a valid and reliable checklist. In terms of general attributes and learning-teaching content of the textbooks, the results showed that Year 1 to Year 6 teachers reported that the current textbooks are ‘highly useful’ to the students, whereas Form 1 to Form 5 teachers contended that the school books are only ‘moderately useful’. The findings of this study can be useful for curricula designers and Ministry of Education as a reference for improving or modifying the textbooks. |
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| spelling | upm-290362019-04-01T04:04:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29036/ Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks Mukundan, Jayakaran Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani Research in materials evaluation has been an important focus in ELT since the 1980s. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the general attributes of the textbooks and to evaluate the learning-teaching content. In this study, 944 male and female English teachers (Year 1 to Year 6 & Form 1 to Form 5) evaluated the English books using a valid and reliable checklist. In terms of general attributes and learning-teaching content of the textbooks, the results showed that Year 1 to Year 6 teachers reported that the current textbooks are ‘highly useful’ to the students, whereas Form 1 to Form 5 teachers contended that the school books are only ‘moderately useful’. The findings of this study can be useful for curricula designers and Ministry of Education as a reference for improving or modifying the textbooks. Australian International Academic Centre 2013-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29036/1/Evaluation%20of%20Malaysian%20English%20language%20teaching%20textbooks.pdf Mukundan, Jayakaran and Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani (2013) Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks. International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 1 (1). pp. 38-46. ISSN 2201-568X; ESSN: 2201-5698 http://www.journals.aiac.org.au/index.php/IJELS/article/view/154 10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.1n.1p.38 |
| spellingShingle | Mukundan, Jayakaran Kalajahi, Seyed Ali Rezvani Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks |
| title | Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks |
| title_full | Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks |
| title_short | Evaluation of Malaysian English language teaching textbooks |
| title_sort | evaluation of malaysian english language teaching textbooks |
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