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Developing criteria fortextbook evaluationDavid WilliamsThis article shows how criteria can be developed for evaluating Englishlanguage textbooks. It presents a scheme for evaluation which can beused to draw up a checklist of items relevant to second (or foreign)language teaching. Instructions for using the checklist are given as away of suggesting how teachers can evolve their own criteria fordifferent situations where there is a shortage of trained teachers, languageteaching is very closely tied to the textbook . This does not mean, of course,that the method demonstrated in the textbook is always faithfully reflectedin the method as practised by the teacher. It is ironical that those teacherswho rely most heavily on the textbook are the ones least qualified tointerpret its intentions or evaluate its content and method.
Developing criteria for textbook evaluation ... insist that ESL textbook writers take account of 'local' varieties of English. Others might be more con-cerned with the ways in which language materials are presented. In the final ... Sample checklist for evaluation Tiile of textbook: ™» ...
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