An Evaluation Of Time For English 4, The 4th Grade English Coursebook For Public Schools

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ABSTRACT
AN EVALUATION OF TIME FOR ENGLISH 4, THE 4TH GRADE ENGLISH COURSEBOOK FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS


&Ouml / zdemir, Fatma Esra
M.A., Department of English Language Teaching
Supervisor : Prof. Dr. H&uuml / sn&uuml / Enginarlar

September 2007, 119 pages


The purpose of this study was to find out the how the fourth grade students in public schools and the fourth grade English teachers evaluated the English coursebook Time for English 4 in terms of purpose, approach, visual design, presentation of vocabulary and language, practice activities and exercises, supporting sources, and supporting materials. To fulfill this aim, a teacher questionnaire, a student questionnaire and a teacher interview was prepared by the researcher. The questionnaires were administered face to face to 102 randomly selected fourth grade students in Beypazari and 15 English teachers in the districts of Altindag, Beypazari, Ke&ccedil / i&ouml / ren, and Mamak. Six of the English teachers were also interviewed in order to obtain qualitative data. The interviews were recorded on a tape recorder and then transcribed. Quantitative data was analyzed by calculating the frequency counts, percentages, arithmetic means, and the standard deviations of the responses given to the questionnaires. Qualitative data obtained from the interviews was analyzed by using content analysis.
According to the results of the study, both the teachers and the students were content with the coursebook. The level of satisfaction was higher among the students. Students identified two problems about the instructions and the songs in the coursebook. Teachers identified four more problems about the teacher&rsquo / s book, the number of vocabulary items, the number of units, and the presentation of the language items. Necessary suggestions were made for the solution of the problems to the relevant parties.

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Tags

LB Textbooks 3045-3048

Materials evaluation

coursebook evaluation

teaching English to young learners

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608907/index.pdf
Date	01 October 2007
Creators	Ozdemir, Fatma Esra
Contributors	Enginarlar, Husnu
Publisher	METU
Source Sets	Middle East Technical Univ.
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	M.A. Thesis
Format	text/pdf
Rights	To liberate the content for public access