A Critical Comparative Study of Junior High School EFL Textbooks in Iran and Turkey: Iranian EFL Teachers' Perception in Focus

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نوع سند: مقاله ژورنالی
زبان: انگلیسی
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JR_JFL-6-23_005

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 7 شهریور 1400

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Textbooks play a crucial role in English language teaching and learning. One of the methods for selecting the most appropriate textbook for a particular educational purpose is comparing two or several similar textbooks with each other. Textbook evaluation can provide useful information about the strengths and weaknesses of textbooks and can lead to the selection of the most suitable materials for specific purposes. The present study is a critical comparison of Prospect ۲, taught in junior high schools in Iran, and English Net ۶, taught in junior high schools in Turkey, in terms of their physical and utilitarian attributes, efficient outlay of objectives and supplementary materials, learning and teaching contents, and language skills. The participants of the study were ۲۰ English teachers who completed two evaluation checklists. The textbook evaluation checklist that was used in the study was based on the guidelines and framework of AbdelWahab’s checklist (۲۰۱۳)with ۱۲۳ items. The results of the study indicated that the Turkish textbook surpassed the Iranian one in many aspects of the text book evaluation checklist. The results revealed that in comparison with English Net ۶, Prospect ۲ had more weaknesses in terms of physical and utilitarian attributes, efficient outlay of objectives and supplementary materials, learning and teaching contents, and language skills.

نویسندگان

Zahra Sarraf Bank

English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

Marzieh Sharifi Haratmeh

English Department, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran