"A Checklist-based Study of EFL Textbooks in Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE)"
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2017-11-09
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] En el contexto de la enseñanza del inglés es esencial la evaluación de libros de texto, debido principalmente al creciente número de publicaciones en los últimos años y a la necesidad de atender los intereses del alumnado. Para realizar un análisis exhaustivo, se ha creado una plantilla que tiene en cuenta los aspectos más importantes de la enseñanza del inglés en la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) conforme al marco legal y a la opinión de expertos. Se han analizado dos libros de texto, representativos del material actual, y los resultados muestran que ninguno de los dos se basa en un enfoque centrado en el alumno. A pesar de eso, el manual más comunicativo es más adecuado para el contexto seleccionado. En definitiva, los libros son herramientas auxiliares que sirven para conseguir los objetivos académicos propuestos. Por otra parte, no existe un modelo universal de plantilla por lo que es necesario realizar investigación más amplia y profunda del tema.
[EN] In the context of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), it is pivota! to raise teachers' awareness on the importance of evaluating textbooks to select them adequately. There are confronted opinions about the use of textbooks and the criteria chosen for their evaluation. This issue has gained relevance because of the increasingly growing publications over the last decades and the need to fulfil students' needs. Following the experts' contributions and the Spanish legal framework, a specific checklist was created involving relevant aspects of TEFL in Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE), and it was applied to two different textbook s as representative samples of today 's material s. Results reveal that the most communicative textbook is more adequate for the context studied ; however , both lack a student-centered approach. In short , textbook s are auxiliary tool s servmg teachers to attain the leaming objectives meaningfully, and for their evaluation there is not a common checklist which may be adjust ed to every situation, thus further research is required.
[EN] In the context of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), it is pivota! to raise teachers' awareness on the importance of evaluating textbooks to select them adequately. There are confronted opinions about the use of textbooks and the criteria chosen for their evaluation. This issue has gained relevance because of the increasingly growing publications over the last decades and the need to fulfil students' needs. Following the experts' contributions and the Spanish legal framework, a specific checklist was created involving relevant aspects of TEFL in Compulsory Secondary Education (CSE), and it was applied to two different textbook s as representative samples of today 's material s. Results reveal that the most communicative textbook is more adequate for the context studied ; however , both lack a student-centered approach. In short , textbook s are auxiliary tool s servmg teachers to attain the leaming objectives meaningfully, and for their evaluation there is not a common checklist which may be adjust ed to every situation, thus further research is required.