New Perspective in PROSPECT: An Assessment of Strengths and Weaknesses of Iranian Second Year Junior High School English Textbooks
Publish place: Research in English Language pedagogy، Vol: 3، Issue: 2
Publish Year: 1395
نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: English
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 12 دی 1395
Abstract:
Textbook design and evaluation has recently turned into a very important area in English Language Teaching. This paper evaluates the English textbooks taught in Iranian Junior high schools: Right Path to English which was the medium of instruction until 2013 and the recently designed textbook-Prospect-which replaced it. For this purpose, Tucker’s (1975) textbook evaluation model was employed to conduct the research. The advantages and shortcomings of the textbooks are discussed in detail with reference to three major criteria extracted from this model. The results indicate that even though Prospect does not cover up some of the inadequacies and deficiencies of RPE, the development of a textbook based on Communicative Language Teaching syllabus is, to a great extent, a step forward towards constructing an up-to-date series for teaching English in Iranian schools. Results of this study have implications both for teaching and materials development.
Keywords:
Textbook evaluation , Tucker’s model , Prospect 2 , Right Path to English , Communicative Language Teaching
Authors
Narges Sardabi
Instructor, Ershad Damavand University, Tehran, Iran
Mansour Koosha
Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran