What is it about?

This paper presents an overall view of evaluating an ELT textbook with a focus on the instrument of a checklist. It tried to develop a valid, reliable and practical checklist. The paper refined checklists previously developed by different researchers. More specifically, the comments and suggestions given by a large number of TEFL professors helped the researcher improve the items of the checklist in reference to their clarity and inclusiveness. They were provided with a copy of the checklist. They were free to reword, delete or add items that they considered necessary.

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Why is it important?

First, this study sought to develop an ELT textbook evaluative checklist based on current trends in ELT, curriculum design, and materials development. The use of the proposed checklist may have greater significance since it can reveal the strengths and weaknesses in the textbook, and determine whether or not the textbook is justified, or needs supplementation and/or modification. The study attempted to identify the linguistic errors or the factual mistakes, if any. It is also hoped that the study results would help in making some appropriate recommendations for the curriculum planners, educators and experts at educational institutes for further improving the quality of the English language textbook in general. This study may also provide guidance for any retrospective textbook evaluation or future revision of any English language textbook.

Perspectives

According to the findings of this paper it would not be an overstatement to say that the quality of the curriculum reform basically depends on a good process of evaluation . Also, any new textbook can be expanded to include more information about the ideals such as constructivist learning, multiple intelligences theory, taskbased learning so and so forth. More importantly, more games, activities, tasks together with their classroom implementations should be added to the textbook.

Dr Montasser Mohamed Abdelwahab Mahmoud
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

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This page is a summary of: Developing an English Language Textbook Evaluative Checklist, IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME), January 2013, IOSR Journals,
DOI: 10.9790/7388-0135570.
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