An evaluation of an English coursebook "When English Rings The Bell"
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26418/jeltim.v1i2.33346Keywords:
Coursebook Evaluation, Mix Methods Approach, Tomlinson Coursebook Evaluation FrameworkAbstract
This study aimed to evaluate an English course-book for eight graders entitled "When English Rings the Bell" published by the Ministry of Culture and Education of Indonesia in 2014. The study discussed what the teachers perceived as a good quality course-book and what recommendations they expected for the improvement of the course-book. The study was carried out in Bengkayang District. It employed a mixed-method with 15 English teachers as the research subjects. It applied the convenience sampling method and collected data using a questionnaire designed based on Tomlinson"™s course-book evaluation framework and analyzed by interpreting the subjects"™ answers. The finding revealed that the teachers perceived the course-book positively with some recommendations for its improvement.
References
Al-Munawwarah, S. F. (2015). Evaluating an EFL textbook for tenth grade senior high school students. A Thesis. Bandung: Indonesia University of Education.
Awasthi, R. J., (2006). Coursebook and its evaluation. Journal of NELTA, 11(1-2), 1-10.
Bell, J., & Gower, R. (2011).Writing course materials for the world: A great compromise. In B. Tomlinson (Ed.).Material development in language teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Christenbury, L. & Kelly, P. P., (1994). What textbooks can and cannot do? English Journal, 83(3), 70-80.
Cunningsworth, A. (1984). Evaluating and Selecting EFL Teaching Materials. London: Heinemann.
Cunningsworth, A. (1995). Choosing Your Coursebook. Oxford: Heinemann.
Ellis, R. (1997). The empirical evaluation of language teaching materials.ELT Journal, 51(1), 36-42.
Hamiloglu, K., & Karlıova, H. (2009).Content analysis on the vocabulary presentation in EFL coursebooks. Ozean Journal of Social Sciences, 2(1).Retrieved May 10, 2018, from http://ozelacademy.com/OJSS_v2n1_4.pdf.
Haryanti, M. (2013).Textbook evaluation in a Private Elementary School in Cimahi. A Research Paper. Bandung: Indonesia University of Education.
Jolly, D. & Bolitho, R., (2011). A framework for materials writing, in Tomlinson, B. (ed.). Materials Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Littlejohn, A. (1998). The analysis of language teaching materials: Inside the Trojan Horse, in B. Tomlinson (Ed.), Materials development in language teaching. Cambridge: CUP.
Litz, D. R. A. (2005). Coursebook evaluation and ELT management: A South Korean case study. Asian EFL Journal.
McGrath, I. (2013). Teachers’ and learners’ images for coursebooks. ELT Journal, 60(2), 171-180.
Stufflebeam, D.L. (1972). Educational evaluation and decision making. Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers Inc. Itasca.
Tomlinson, B. (2003) Developing Materials for Language Teaching. In B. Tomlinson (Ed.). Materials Evaluation. London: Continuum Press.
Tashakkori, A. & Creswell, J. W., (2008). Mixed methodology across disciplines. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2(1), 3-6.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right to publish the work, which is simultaneously made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
