Coursebook Evaluation and Development in a Vocational College: A Pilot Study

Authors : Şükran Türkmen Çiçek, Aysun Yavuz

Pages : 238-263

Doi:10.47806/ijesacademic.1448270

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Publication Date : 2024-09-24

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Coursebooks are considered as an important teaching resource by many English teachers all the around world even though there has been great improvement in technology and internet. Nevertheless, course books need to be evaluated or developed in the light of needs and aims of the students. The contents and tasks should meet with students’ objectives and needs. Therefore, this research aims to evaluate English coursebooks; namely, Interchange 1 and Intro published by Cambridge University press which have been used at a vocational college in a state university. This pilot study is carried out through a mixed method research design from the perspectives of both English instructors and students. For the quantitative phase of the study, Textbook Evaluation Questionnaire (Öz, 2019) and the Need Analysis Questionnaire (Aliki et.al., 2021) are used whereas English instructors and students are interviewed with open-ended questions in the qualitative phase. 5 English instructors and 358 students participated in this pilot study. The quantitative data analysed through the SPSS Statistics 20 with descriptive statistics and qualitative data was analysed through thematic coding. The findings revealed extensive implications for the development of the coursebooks, integration of vocational English, authentic language materials, engaging activities and contemporary course content etc.
Keywords : coursebook evaluation, coursebook development, need analysis, English for specific purposes

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