Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Research
English is the most widely used language in all over the world; it is used in manyfields such as international economy, technology and communication etc. It is also themain foreign language course of basic Education in China, especially since theimplementation of reform and opening up policy in the year of 1979.The significance of the English textbook evaluation was not realized by scholars ofour country until recent years. Cheng Xiaotang (2017) displays the five advantages ofEnglish textbook evaluation as follows. (1) Textbook evaluation is helpful to makeeducation managements, schools or teachers make a right decision when they choose asuitable textbook for some students. (2) Textbook evaluation is helpful to make teachersadopt materials well. (3) Textbook evaluation is helpful to make educationalmanagements and schools re-evaluate the textbook that has been selected. (4) Textbookevaluation is helpful to make textbook designer sum up advantages and disadvantages ofa certain textbook, and then develop into a better one. (5) Textbook evaluation is helpfulto make textbook designer evaluate the textbook designed by himself or herself morescientifically and objectively.Whether the textbook satisfies the requirement of the syllabus and teachers' andstudents' need is the most important purpose of textbook evaluation. It can help teacherto know whether the textbook is the most suitable one for their students to learn, and italso helps students to understand what they are going to learn and their own learningobjectives.Cunningsworth (1995) states that English textbook evaluation can give teachersuseful, contextual, and systematic knowledge. It also can make both students andteachers are aware of important characters of textbooks. English textbook evaluation is avaluable part of teachers' training
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1.2 Objectives of the Research
The research focuses on the internal and external evaluation on the textbook LearningEnglish which is published by Hebei Education Press and DC Canada InternationalCommunication Center. It has been used in Xianyang Shaanxi province for more than sixyears.The internal evaluation is made under the guidance of the New Curriculum Standardpromulgated by the Ministry of Education, with the aim to examine the languageknowledge, language skills, cultural awareness, learning strategies and affective attitudesinvolved in the textbook.The external evaluating data are collected through a questionnaire survey from someteachers and students, who are the important participants in process of teaching andlearning this textbook.The research questions should involve the following questions: (1) Are the designand organization of this textbook suitable for teacher and learners? (2)Is the languagecontent appropriate for students? (3)Are topics diverse and attractive enough for students?(4) Are the four English skills trainings effective? (5) Do the procedures of learning makeboth teachers and students comfortable to meet the requirement of the textbook? (6)What are the strengths and weakness of this textbook? Is it possible for some suggestionsto be made on the textbook?
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Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Roles of English Textbook
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