Evaluation of First Friends English Children’s Books: Task Types in Focus
Subject Areas : Journal of Language, Culture, and Translation
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Keywords: Task Type, TBLT, First Friends, Coursebook,
Abstract :
This study aimed to evaluate First Friends English Children’s books in English language institutions in Iran. This research focused on investigating task types and their frequency as well as examining the existence of any significant difference in the task types’ frequency in the mentioned books. Accordingly, different tasks were extracted and classified in the selected textbooks utilizing Nunan’s framework. The frequency and percentage of each task were also calculated, and the significant differences in the frequency of different task types were discerned in these books. Based on the frequency percentages, It was found that creative tasks were notably insufficient. There was also no significant difference in the occurrence of task types in First Friends English children’s books. Nonetheless, it is discussed in the article that improvements should be made in ELT materials used in such learning contexts.
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