Evaluation of Iranian Junior High school English Textbook (Prospect ۱): Teachers’ Perspectives of the EFL Developed English Textbook

Textbooks play an important role and possess a chief standing in educational process in EFL contexts, in particular. They are assumed as the pivotal ingredient of language teaching program. It is, therefore, imperative to analyze and evaluate them to guarantee their efficiency and consistency with the objectives set and expected in language classes. Hence, this study aimed to examine the merits and demerits of the EFL English textbook titled Prospect ۱, used as a junior high school textbook in Iran.  It was conducted with ۳۰ English teachers from different schools in the East of Gilan, Iran, during the schooling year ۲۰۲۳-۲۰۲۴.The main question this study aimed to answer was to what extent the whole book was effective in terms of the six criteria targeted for the analysis. In this analysis, the textbook was evaluated based on 'Teacher Textbook Evaluation Scale' (TTES) developed by Sung Kyun Kwan University (۲۰۰۰), in terms of the criteria of 'layout and design', 'activities', 'skills', 'language type', 'subject content', and 'whole aspect'. The results of the evaluation revealed that the respondents were satisfied with most crucial aspects of ‘Prospect ۱’. It was also revealed that the intended textbook possessed some good characteristics and that the positive attributes far out-weighed the negative ones. The findings of the study have pedagogical implications to material developers, teachers, and students.

کلیدواژه ها:

EFL ، Junior high school textbook ، Prospect ۱ ، Textbook evaluation