چکیده

Textbooks play a significant role in the process of teaching and learning in the classroom. The current study investigated the appropriateness and effectiveness of the high school English textbook “vision 3” to point out the shortcomings which have been hindering the Iranian students from mastering the English language in high school. The participants of the study consisted of 32 English teachers randomly selected from different high schools in Mashhad, Iran. The Evaluation of the textbook was conducted quantitatively through the questionnaire developed by Litz (2005), and open-ended questions. The checklist considered seven main criteria: practical consideration, layout and design, activities, skills, language type, subject and content and overall consensus. The results of the study revealed that the teachers’ perceptions about these criteria were almost positive in some aspects. However, they believed that the English textbook is not appropriate for Iranian high school students in terms of communicative skills, activities, subject and content. Teachers also referred to some limitations which hinder them from practicing the communicative activities in the classroom. The results of this study can be helpful for teachers to use appropriate teaching techniques to compensate for the deficiencies of the textbook and the materials developers and syllabus and curriculum designers in Ministry of Education to revise the current textbook according to the needs of students.

کليدواژه ها

High School textbook, Evaluation, Iranian Teachers, Communicative skills

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Hoda Arkani , 1398 , An Evaluation of Iranian High School English Textbook “Vision 3” from Teachers’ Perspectives , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي