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Natalia Gonzlez
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
I.
FACTUAL DETAILS
II.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
III.
REPORT
Based on the following aspects above, the textbook provides a certain structure in
which some of the factors included like providing cultural bias the book highlights
aspects of English speaking countries, such as information related to school life
and subjects, historical and geographical facts, cultural heritage and teenage styles
are meant to raise students awareness of the target culture, and, at the same time,
develop a richer perspective of their own culture.
Also, the coursebook responds to the students needs in terms of flexibility,
appropriacity and accessibility. On the other hand, there are some aspects to
improve like for example the guidance, as the coursebook alone is not enough and
the linkage, as the coursebook should include more online material.
In relation to the materials, the book provides a balance and the integration of skills
within different activities.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
IV.
QUESTIONS
Language Content
1) The main grammar items are covered for each level, but satisfying the learners
needs is the teachers task, as he/she has to deal with different grammatical
aspects in an appropriate amount of time to ensure the learning so students can
move forward to the unit without having blank spaces in between.
2) There are vocabulary activities and material through which students develop
effective strategies for learning and keeping vocabulary records. A systematic use
of dictionaries is also encouraged.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
3) No, the coursebook include oral practice, but details in pronunciation are
omitted.
4) Style and appropriacy are deal with according to the level of formality of every
activity, so language style is matched to every social situation such as writing an
email to a friend or writing an application for a job for example.
Skills
1) Reading, writing and listening are covered according to the aims and
syllabus of the course, but the speaking skill needs improvement as my
course aims is directed to a more interactive and dynamic class, regarding a
communicative approach.
2) As the textbook is designed for integrating the four skills, every unit includes
all of these in every unit based on a specific topic. The activities are
designed to provide students with the language and skills they will need to
complete the tasks successfully. This approach helps students to see
language as a necessary tool, and gives the grammatical and lexical content
a clear purpose.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
3) The reading material of this textbook is one of the most significate aspects
of it. There are sufficient reading activities; the vocabulary of the activities is
suitable with the students level. In terms of motivation and interests the
reading material shows a lot of cultural diversity and also the language is
show in a contextualized way for the students.
4) The listening material is well recorded; some of the records are authentic, as
they include native speakers talking in real situations. There are questions,
vocabulary and activities for understanding the listening task. Most part of
the listening activities include the missing vocabulary in boxes.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
5) The oral practice and speaking activities are not that well designed, as the
context does not provide students with real situations that they will have in
their lives.
Topic
1) There is a lot of material to generate interest from part of the students, for
example in unit 3 (see example below) we can see a real context which is in
this case television and TV programs that are well known to everyone, but
it depends on the teacher to make this materials work and to get motivate
students motivate into the process of learning.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
2) There are 4 units in the textbook; each of one is related to topics, which are
the followings: Student life, Challenges, Arts and Entertainment and
How About Working. I think the variety is well distributed and it is sufficient
to cover the syllabus.
3) The topics are designed for create students awareness. However there is
not so much of it left into practice, as is just mentioned in the objectives of
the unit.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
4) The topics are sophisticated enough and sometimes a little bit above the
learners language level, which is not that bad as it helps to provide a
roughly tuned input.
5) It is hard to get students involved and related to the social or cultural context
presented in these textbooks, mainly because the interest they have in
learning a new language is not very much. They often are not motivated to
learn English as they do not think it is going to be relevant in their lives, and
Im referring in most part to public schools (municipal) because Ive seen
this at my teaching practice.
Methodology
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
V.
RECOMMENDATION
The evaluation and analysis of the Teens Club textbook, which is the official
English textbook of the Mineduc, lead me to the conclusion to use it with the
students of second grade of high school, since it fulfils the requirements of the
syllabus and most part of the students needs taking into consideration that the
textbook will be used just as a guide for the teacher who has the task to
supplement it with other materials in order to perfect it.
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
Faculty of Education
English Language Pedagogy
Didctica 2
Textbook Evaluation
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