This study aims to evaluate the english course book used in 7th grade of high school in iran, titled prospect1, in terms of task types. A framework for evaluating the fitness of the hong kong new secondary school nss curriculum master of arts in teaching english as a second language wong pak wing lawrence department of english, city university of hong kong abstract it has been widely accepted that a textbook is an essential component of the efl classroom. Davison 1975 suggests that in the efl classes, the next important component after the teacher is the textbook. The iranian efl journal is a bimonthly journal from 2011. Eslam shenasi part i ali mir fitros download free ebook pdf.
The present study is an attempt to evaluate the seventh grade english language textbook for iranian junior high schools named prospect 1 which was introduced by the iranian ministry of education in 2014. Materials the material for this study was the locally produced english language textbook used in iranian junior high school. This text book written based on all language skills. The iranian junior high school english textbook prospect. For example i just came across these 4 new books, 2 with iranian authors, 2 with iranian characters. This issue is dedicated to present iranian bestseller fiction the copy and translation rights of the books described. The aim of this study was to evaluate the new version of iranian efl junior high school textbook prospect1 from the teachers perspectives. Pdf comparative textbook evaluation of prospect books. Evaluation of learning objectives in iranian highschool and. Evaluation of learning objectives in iranian highschool. Iranian efl journal volume 7 issue 2 7 foreword welcome to the second edition of the year 2011.
Department of english language, islamic azad university, tonekabon branch, iran. Candidate of tefl abstract decisions related to textbook selection and evaluation are of great importance. The new policy is realized in the introduction of a new series of english textbooks called prospect, intended to foster in iranian junior high school students the ability to communicate in english, not to merely offer knowledge of language forms khadrirsharabyan et al. All of the textbooks have been posted by the iranian government on the internet. Abstract this study was an attempt to evaluate and analyze the teachers points of view toward the newly developed iranian junior high school english textbook prospect 2. Results of this study have implications both for teaching and materials development. Books about iran score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The sample was the three textbooks including english prospect 1, 2, and 3. The current study aimed at investigating iranian english teachers attitudes towards prospect 1, prospect 2, and prospect 3 books and to figure out if there were any significant differences among their attitudes towards them. Kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books books the guardian. Prospect 1 is one of the series english textbooks for school children is designed to help the children in the first year of secondary school to learn english for communicative purposes. This paper reports a study that investigated the types of learning objectives represented in iranian senior high school and preuniversity english textbooks using blooms taxonomy of learning objectives.
Stumbling on this book was the beginning of a journey that has preoccupied my life. In golshan and jafaris 2014 study, 92 iranian efl teachers teaching prospect 1 evaluated and compared the new textbook with several other popular global textbooks such as headway, interchange, four corners, etc. An intercultural analysis of english language textbooks in. The evaluation of iranian high school english textbook from the prospective of students batoul sabzalipour, yousef mousavi department of english language, islamic azad university, tonekabon branch, iran. Analyzing listening and speaking activities of iranian efl textbook prospect 3 through blooms revised taxonomy maryam mizbani department of english, islamic azad university, isfahan khorasgan branch, isfahan, iran email. An initial evaluation of the effectiveness of prospect 1. Iranian population inside and outside iran 2010 demographics by ax and ipc. The participants included90experienced english teachers 42 females and 48 males randomly selected from different junior high schools in different districts of gilan province, iran. Teachers perceptions of and concerns for the implementation. Critical analysis of a new english textbook used in iranian. Sipri yearbook 2016 presents a combination of original data in areas such as world military expenditure, international arms transfers, arms production, nuclear forces, armed con. Paper presented at the first regional conference on new english language course books. The books appear in the original persian or farsi and have.
Employing humanoid robots for teaching english language in. Iranian fiction score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The evaluation of iranian high school english textbook. Abstractthis study aimed at conducting a program evaluation of the newly developed textbook prospect 1 in the iranian ministry of education by applying the cipp context, input, process, and product program evaluation model. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Iranian new junior high school book prospect 1 weighted against material evaluation checklist from teachers perspective touran ahour 1, farhad golpour2 1,2 department of english, tabriz branch, islamic azad university, tabriz, iran corresponding author. Iranian junior high school english book article pdf available. Pdf critical analysis and teachers perspectives on.
The textbook used was the english book prospect1 devised by the iranian ministry of education for 7th graders, and the vocabulary taught and tested pretest and posttest were taken from this book. Therefore, the data sources were junior high school english text books contents. The conservative party has been captured by extremists and. Iranian efl teachers attitudes toward communicative. Torres 1994 stated the text book has a very important and a positive role to play in teaching and learning english. As the focus of the present paper is the latter, testing, we do not. The textbook used was the english book prospect 1 devised by the iranian ministry of education for 7th graders, and the vocabulary taught and tested pretest and posttest were taken from this book. The primary data in this study came from the newly published english text book, english for schools series consisting of two threevolume series named prospect 1, 2 and english book grade three named right path to english. This initial evaluation is based on a new checklist with local criteria that is generated form graves 2000 frame work for conceptualizing the content as principled criteria and a checklist by mukundan 2012. Three highschool textbooks and the sole preuniversity textbook were included in the analysis.
Jul 20, 2011 kamin mohammadis top 10 iranian books. Critical analysis and teachers perspectives on prospect. The analysis of learning objectives in iranian junior high. New books archaeology, anthropology architecture art biographies, memoirs business, economy children crafts, rugs culture, society diaspora ethnicities, minorities film, video food foreign relations iranus relations geography, nature history ancient history modern history pahlavi era history qajar era humor, satire. Evaluation of prospect 1 in terms of task types zeinab papi ma in tefl tabriz university tabriz, iran abstract course books are a core part of any curriculum.
Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Inside the choice facing voters this general electionand why the commission that regulates our democracy is struggling to keep up. Clive james on wittgenstein, and the real story of corbynism. Iranian new junior high school book prospect 1 weighted against material evaluation checklist from teachers perspective. Evaluation of prospect 1 in terms of task types zeinab papi ma in tefl tabriz university tabriz, iran. Introduction as one of the three fundamental facets of. Program evaluation of the new english textbook prospect 1. Closed circuit history socialpolitical sketches ardeshir mohassess hardcover published 1989 see feature in the iranian. Iranian textbooks, content and context 2 executive summary the study assesses 85 textbooks of the islamic republic of iran for grade school, middle school and high school students. They had been teaching english in iranian male and female public high schools in isfahan, iran. The evaluation of the textbook was conducted quantitatively through a. The researchers selected book, that is right path to english seriesrpe1 birjandi and soleimani 2011 and one of prospect series prospect1 alavi et al. Analyzing listening and speaking activities of iranian efl. The evaluation of iranian high school english textbook from.
Persian is also referred to by local regional names such as farsi in iran. Iranain authors and even iranian characters in books are showing up more and more on the literary scene. Multiple intelligences mi representation in prospect. How a countrys leaders think about risk in making foreign policy decisions is important in understanding. The sample was the three textbooks including english prospect 1. Iran multimedia library index video audio media player download. Risk plays a dramatic role in international relations as leaders make decisions about such issues as war and peace, disarmament, and about lowering economic barriers to trade and investment. Language assessment in the new english curriculum in iran. The persian language along with ancient languages such as sanskrit and latin and living languages such as english, french, russian, and hindi, persian belongs to the indoeuropean family of languages, specifically to the iranian iranic branch. Nazli is the middleman of the second handed goods of the rich. As a matter of fact, constant evaluation of textbooks. Prospect 1 khedir sharabian et al, 20, no major changes were made to the content of school books for 27 years interview with authors seyed behnam alavi moghaddam, available.
For this purpose, eighteen male and female teachers teaching junior high. Few studies have been conducted to evaluate prospect 1, which is designed to meet the needs of iranian junior high school students. Critical evaluation of iranian junior high school textbooks. Pdf iranian new junior high school book prospect 1. The present study was an effort to compare the evaluation of middle school english books in iran prospect 1, 2, and 3. To this end, the study was done in two different phases. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. The findings revealed that efl teachers considered prospect 1 to have the poo rest pedagogical quality compared to global textbooks. Journal of english language pedagogy and practice, 6. Multiple intelligences mi representation in prospect series. An evaluation of english textbooks used in iranian high. Representation in prospect series and the mi profile of iranian junior high school students.
The journal has had strong growth over the last few years with a monthly readership now exceeding 2000 readers. Digging to america by anne tyler she is the late taghi moddaressis wife the rug merchant by meg. Written in the 10th century, this is our iliad and odyssey rolled into one. According to one of the authors of english book 1 for middle school english for students.
International journal of english language and literature. Iranian textbooks, content and context 4 for claritys sake, the study is divided into two major parts, although some issues discussed in the textbooks are relevant to and may apply to both parts. One hundred english language learners 30 males and 70 females took part in this study, 30 of whom were elementary and 70. Introduction textbooks are the most extensively applied resources in english teaching classes and provide a road map and security for. Iranian new junior high school book prospect 1 weighted. Efl teachers and students evaluation of prospect3 in the. Critical analysis of a new english textbook used in. To this end, 80 iranian english teachers participated in this study. In order to do compare these three books, evaluation checklist adapted from. The researchers selected book one of prospect series prospect 1 and 2alavi.
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