Document Type : Research

Authors

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 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

Keywords

Main Subjects

منابع
احمد سلطانی، میترا (1387). انگلیسی برای دانشجویان رشتة میکروبیولوژی، تهران: سمت.
 
Cunningsworth, Alan (1984). Evaluating and Selecting EFL Teaching Material, Oxford: Heinemann.
Cunningsworth, Alan (1995). Choosing Your Coursebook, Oxford: Heinemann.
Dudley-Evans, Tony and St. John, Maggie Jo (1998). Developments in English for Specific Purposes: A Multi-disciplinary Approach, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ellis, Rod (1997). “The Empirical Evaluation of Language Teaching Materials”, ELT Journal, 51 (1).
McDonough, Jo and Shaw Christopher (2003). Materials and Methods in ELT: a Teacher's Guide (2nd Ed.), United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing.
Richards, Jack Croft (2001). Curriculum Development in Language Teaching, Cambridge: CUP.
Sheldon, Leslie E. (1988). “Evaluating ELT Textbooks and Materials”, ELT Journal, 42 (4).
Tomlinson, Brian (1999). “Developing Criteria for Materials Evaluation”, IATEFL Issues, 147.
Tomlinson, Brian (2003). Developing Materials for Language Teaching, London: Continuum