Evaluation of High School English Course Books in Iran: Task Types in Focus

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Minoo Alemi ¹ , Kheirollah Ahmadi ² , Atefeh Rezanejad ³

1 - TEFL Department, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Kheirollah Ahmadi, M.A., West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - English Department, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-06-05 Accepted : 2020-10-27 Published : 2020-12-01

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