The Perception of General English Books among the Iranian University EFL Instructors

Subject Areas : Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies

Siavash  Rokhsari ¹ (Trinity Language Center, Trinity Western University, Canada)

Received: 2022-09-13 Accepted : 2022-09-13 Published : 2022-09-01

Keywords: learning strategies, coursebook evaluation, English for General Purposes (EGP),

Abstract :

The selection of a course book is a crucial undertaking a teacher will consider in molding the contents and natures of teaching and learning. This undertaking engages in comparing and contrasting the materials with the context in which the materials are going to be employed, given the general aims of the teaching program and also the personal methodology a teacher has picked up. The present research study tried to shed light on the perception of general English books among Iranian university EFL instructors. To this end, the researchers evaluated a general English coursebook (Concepts and Comments, 2005) employing a validated coursebook evaluation checklist in some universities in Golestan province, Iran. The main objective of the EGP course was to develop the student's reading skills and strategies, the present coursebook was written to meet these goals. However, the results of the study depict that though it was an appropriate book to boost the reading skill and vocabulary scope of learners, mere emphasis on reading bores the students and they require more interactive communicative use of the language.