A Comparative Study of Iranian EFL Teachers versus Learners Perceptions of High School English Textbooks
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Zahra Aghazadeh
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: Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages
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Degree of Master of Arts in English Language Teaching
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based. The findings of this study can be used by the textbook designers in order to take account of the teachers and learners preferences and perceptions while designing new editions of the textbooks-up, pronunciation points, speaking section, and writing section of the first book however there was a meaningful difference between learners and teachers perceptions in terms of reading section, and grammar section of the book one. Furthermore, no significant differences existed between learners and teachers perceptions regarding actual activities, language functions section, reading section, grammatical points, and speaking section of the second book however there was a meaningful difference in terms of vocabulary items, physical appearance, pronunciation points and writing section of the book two. Moreover, there was no meaningful difference between learners and teachers perceptions in the case of reading section, grammatical points, and vocabulary items of the third book while there was a meaningful difference in terms of language functions section, actual activities, physical appearance, pronunciation points, and speaking section, and writing section of the book three. It can be concluded that the textbooks used in Iranian high schools cannot meet the Iranian learners and teachers needs and wants since they are grammar-up, reading texts, speaking and writing sections and are effective only in terms of vocabulary section, and grammatical points. Moreover, the results of the data analysis indicated that there was no significant difference between learners and teachers perceptions in terms of the actual activities, language functions section, vocabulary items, physical make-ended items consisting of nine different sections. The results showed that both the teachers and the learners believed that the high school English textbooks are highly ineffective in terms of actual activities, language functions section, pronunciation practice, physical make-Textbooks play a very crucial role in the process of language teaching and learning. They affect the whole language learning/teaching process. The purpose of this study was to carry out an evaluation of English language textbooks currently in use at high schools in Iran from teachers and learners points of view in a comparative way. To this end, the study employed a survey based design. The data were collected through questionnaires with 43 close.
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مطالعه تطبیقی دیدگاه های معلمان ایرانی در مقایسه با دید گاه های زبان آموزان ایرانی در زمینه کتب درسی انگلیسی دبیرستان
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September, 2013
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برنامه آموزشی
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دیدگاه
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ارزیابی بازنگرانانه
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برنامه ی درسی
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تهیه و تنظیم کتب درسی
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کتب درسی
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ارزیابی کتب درسی
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Aghazadeh, Zahra
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ایران
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پایان نامهPE,1127,.A4C6,1392
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A Comparative Study of Iranian EFL Teachers versus Learners Perceptions of High School English Textbooks