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Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current in-use English textbook of Grade 8 ‘‘English for Afghanistan’’ in terms of subject and content, skills and sub-skills, layout and physical make-up, and practical consideration from teachers’ perspective. For this purpose, Demir and Ertas’ (2014) e...

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Main Authors: Monib, Wali Khan, Karimi, Abdul Qudos, Nijat, Nazifullah, Rahmani, Saifurrahman, Sandaran, S. C.
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Published: Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd 2020
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90125/
http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.07.271
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spelling my.utm.901252021-03-31T06:21:26Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90125/ Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook Monib, Wali Khan Karimi, Abdul Qudos Nijat, Nazifullah Rahmani, Saifurrahman Sandaran, S. C. H Social Sciences (General) The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current in-use English textbook of Grade 8 ‘‘English for Afghanistan’’ in terms of subject and content, skills and sub-skills, layout and physical make-up, and practical consideration from teachers’ perspective. For this purpose, Demir and Ertas’ (2014) eclectic checklist, was used to collect data from one hundred and thirty high school ELT teachers in Afghanistan. The checklist consists of four categories with a total of 56 items. Data was analyzed to find out frequency and percentage for each item and is displayed through tabulation. The findings show that subject and content, skills and sub-skills except listening, and layout and physical make-up were considered suitable for the situation but need some adaptations. However, practical considerations of the textbook was found as not suitable and need to be changed entirely. Importantly, it was found that the textbook is not equipped with appropriate listening and speaking materials to develop students’ the mentioned skills. The findings gained from this study might be of use to the EFL teachers, syllabus designers and material developers. Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd 2020 Article PeerReviewed Monib, Wali Khan and Karimi, Abdul Qudos and Nijat, Nazifullah and Rahmani, Saifurrahman and Sandaran, S. C. (2020) Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook. Journal Of Critical Reviews, 7 (7). pp. 1516-1527. ISSN 2394-5125 http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.07.271
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Monib, Wali Khan
Karimi, Abdul Qudos
Nijat, Nazifullah
Rahmani, Saifurrahman
Sandaran, S. C.
Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook
description The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current in-use English textbook of Grade 8 ‘‘English for Afghanistan’’ in terms of subject and content, skills and sub-skills, layout and physical make-up, and practical consideration from teachers’ perspective. For this purpose, Demir and Ertas’ (2014) eclectic checklist, was used to collect data from one hundred and thirty high school ELT teachers in Afghanistan. The checklist consists of four categories with a total of 56 items. Data was analyzed to find out frequency and percentage for each item and is displayed through tabulation. The findings show that subject and content, skills and sub-skills except listening, and layout and physical make-up were considered suitable for the situation but need some adaptations. However, practical considerations of the textbook was found as not suitable and need to be changed entirely. Importantly, it was found that the textbook is not equipped with appropriate listening and speaking materials to develop students’ the mentioned skills. The findings gained from this study might be of use to the EFL teachers, syllabus designers and material developers.
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author Monib, Wali Khan
Karimi, Abdul Qudos
Nijat, Nazifullah
Rahmani, Saifurrahman
Sandaran, S. C.
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Karimi, Abdul Qudos
Nijat, Nazifullah
Rahmani, Saifurrahman
Sandaran, S. C.
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title Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook
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title_full Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook
title_fullStr Afghan EFL teachers’ evaluation of grade 8 ELT textbook
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publisher Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90125/
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