Linguistics and Ancient Languages
Aliyeh Kord-e Zafaranlu Kambuziya
Abstract
The aim of this article is a critical review of the book “Phonetics: The Scientific Study of Speech” written by Dr. Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami, Associate Professor in Linguistics Department in Allameh Tabataba’i University. Therefore, the three main criteria have been considered in this ...
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The aim of this article is a critical review of the book “Phonetics: The Scientific Study of Speech” written by Dr. Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami, Associate Professor in Linguistics Department in Allameh Tabataba’i University. Therefore, the three main criteria have been considered in this critical review: a) introducing the book and evaluating its form, including the number of chapters, technical properties of the book, literature editing, scientific principles and observing the references; b) containing analysis and evaluation of the book, including: teaching dimensions of the book regarding the instruction aims, mapping with the last approved linguistics syllabus, proportion of scientific subjects or topics with the addressees, scientific level, the use of the scientific devices such as exercises, figures, tables, and pictures, as well as replying to the applied and scientific requirements or necessities of the country, rational order and internal fluency and cohesion of the different sections of the book, paying enough attention to the application of technical words and special idioms, making Persian equivalent words for foreign ones, and using the update references; c) final evaluating of the work, including: talking about the strong and weak points of the book. At the end, a number of recommendations such as Persian equivalencies, completing the related diphthong subject, as well as the addition of co-articulation and sequences and different kinds of them have been suggested.
Foreign Languages
Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi; Mohammad Ahmadi Safa
Volume 14, Issue 32 , February 2015, , Pages 113-133
Abstract
English, besides other things, is the language of science. In the academic system of the countries in which English is not the mother tongue of people, teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) is very important. Therefore, development and evaluation of effective instructional materials for teaching ...
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English, besides other things, is the language of science. In the academic system of the countries in which English is not the mother tongue of people, teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) is very important. Therefore, development and evaluation of effective instructional materials for teaching English and improving their quality is crucially important. On the other hand, evaluation of different instructional materials including books, which are the most frequently used type of materials, requires appropriate models and frameworks. In this paper, the authors have first critically examined some of the well-known textbook evaluation models. Next, they have proposed a model for evaluating ESP books and finally, as an example, an ESP textbook is evaluated based on the proposed model
