EFL teachers’ and learners’ perspectives on “English file series”
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The present study aimed at evaluating English File series, which is widely used in language classrooms in Iran. The purpose of this study was further to determine the teachers and learners opinions with regard to the practical considerations, layout and design, activities, skills, language type, subject and content, and conclusion of English File series. To this end, 40 teachers and 45 learners majoring in English at private language institutes in Sanandaj were selected as the participants of the study. The teachers filled out Teacher Textbook Evaluation form developed and adopted from Litz (2005) and the learners filled out Student Textbook Evaluation form developed and adopted from Litz (2005). Descriptive statistics, Independent Samples t-test and MANOVA were carried out to interpret the data. The results of Descriptive Statistics revealed that most teachers and learners had the same positive opinions with regard to all factors of the series. The results of Independent Samples t-test revealed that there was a significant difference between the opinions of teachers and learners with regard to the factors of the series altogether. The results of MANOVA revealed that there were significant differences between the opinions of teachers and learners with regard to all factors of the series except the skills.
Keywords: Textbook evaluation, English File Series
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