CRITICAL REVIEW OF TASKS IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK "WHEN ENGLISH RINGS A BELL"
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26418/icote.v2i1.33927Keywords:
Textbook, tasks, frameworkAbstract
Textbook plays an important role in English language teaching. Therefore evaluating a textbook is needed. It is interesting to analyse the newest textbook provided by the government due to it is used as a compulsory textbook. This study used a framework proposed by Littlejohn (2011). It is a subjective analysis level. The study focused on three key aspects of tasks; (1) what is the learners expected to do; (2) who are the learners to work with; and (3) what is the content focus for. This was a qualitative content analysis study. The data of the research is "When English Rings A Bell" textbook. It is used on the seventh-grade level. The data was collected using the analysis tasks sheet. The result of the study has shown that the tasks presented were relevant to the requirements regarding Littlejohn"™s framework. Based on the findings, it suggested that the materials developer should enrich presented ELT materials with various tasks.
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