EVALUATION OF TEACHING MATERIALS
Keywords:
materials evaluation, teaching, teacher, learner, scholar, audience
Abstract
Materials evaluation is very important in teaching process. It raises teachers' awareness in selecting a suitable material for a certain teaching process, as there are many textbooks in markets. In order to select a suitable textbook one should evaluate the textbook. The article researches different scholars opinions. The scholars think that evaluation makes the textbooks be in agreement to the learners’ needs and interests. Then the article defines definition of evaluation according to different scholars and determines the participation of people in the evaluation process. The article concludes that the evaluation process should involve teachers, learners, administrators, and supervisors.
References
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2. Allwright, R. L. (1981). What do we want teaching materials for? ELT Journal, 36, 5-18.
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20. Wright, T. (1990). Review. ELT Journal, 343-346.
2. Allwright, R. L. (1981). What do we want teaching materials for? ELT Journal, 36, 5-18.
3. Alptekin, C. (1993). Target-language culture in EFL materials. ELT Journal 47, 136-143.
4. Ayman, B. (1997). Evaluation of an English for academic purposes textbook: a case study. Unpublished Master’s thesis. Ankara: Middle East Technical University.
5. Brown, D. J. (1995). The elements of curriculum. Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers.
6. Chakır, I. (1996). Coursebook analysis in terms of writing skills with reference to “developing strategies”. Unpublished Master’s thesis. Ankara: Gasi University.
7. Demirkan-Jones, N. (1999). The roles of materials evaluation in language teacher training with special reference to Turkey. Unpublished Doctoral thesis. Ankara:
Hacettepe University.
8. Dubin, F. & Olshtain, E. (1986). Course design. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
9. Ellis, R. (1998). The evaluation of comminicative tasks. In B. Tomlinson, (Ed.), Materials development inlanguage teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
10. Hutchinson, T. (1987). What’s underneath?: an interactive view of materials evaluation. In L. E. Sheldon, (Ed.), ELT textbooks and materials: problems in evaluation and development. ELT Documents 126, 37-44. London: Modern English Publications.
11. Hutchinson, T. & Torres, E. (1994). The textbooks as an agent of change. ELT Journal, 48, 315-328.
12. Inözü, J. (1996). Criteria in selecting English language teaching coursebooks: teachers’ and students’ point of view. Unpublished Master’s thesis. Adana:
Çukurova University.
13. Lynch, B. K. (1996). Language program evaluation. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
14. McDonough, Jo. & Shaw, C. (1993). Materials and methods in ELT.Oxford: Blackwell.
15. Rivas, R. M. M. (1999). Reading in recent ELT coursebooks. ELT Journal, 53, 12-21.
16. Robinson, C. P. (1991). ESP today: a practitioner’s guide. London: Prentice Hall.
17. Sheldon, L. E. (1988). Evaluating ELT textbooks and materials. ELT Journal, 42, 237-246.
18. Sheldon, L. E. (1995). Reviews. ELT Journal 49, 348-350.
19. Williams, M. & Burden, R. (1994). The role of evaluation in ELT project design. ELT Journal 48, 22-27.
20. Wright, T. (1990). Review. ELT Journal, 343-346.
Published
2017-02-27
Pages
126-129
Section
THEORY AND PRACTICE OF TEACHING
