Evaluation of American English File and its Teacher’s Manual

Subject Areas : Journal of Language, Culture, and Translation

رضوان  آتش پنجه ¹ (دبیرستان رتبه سازان، گلسار، رشت، ایران)
فاطمه  کولی نیا ² (دبیرستان رتبه سازان، گلسار، رشت، ایران)

Received: 2021-09-14 Accepted : 2021-12-09 Published : 2021-12-09

Keywords: Evaluation, American English File, ELT coursebooks,

Abstract :

This study aims to evaluate the explicit features and pedagogic values of the American English File series and its teacher’s manual based on McGrath’s approach (2002). The selected material for evaluation is a five-level English coursebook accompanied by their teacher’s manuals. Therefore, a quantitative design was used through online distribution of an evaluative checklist adopted from Miekley (2005) among 40 EFL teachers who had experienced teaching the series of books under this study. The participants of the study were asked to rate the checklist according to a five-point Likert scale (0 (totally lacking the feature), 1 (poor), 2 (adequate), 3 (good), and 4 (excellent)). The analysis of the obtained data showed that the series of books under this study fulfilled the objectives claimed to be set for the student book and the teacher’s manual. The finding of this study could be fruitful for EFL teachers, syllabus designers, and material developers.