Pre-service Teachers’ Coursebook Evaluation and Adaptation: An Evaluation of 9th Grade English Coursebook
Yıl: 2019 Cilt: 20 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 564 - 577 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.17679/inuefd.482825 İndeks Tarihi: 15-04-2020
Pre-service Teachers’ Coursebook Evaluation and Adaptation: An Evaluation of 9th Grade English Coursebook
Öz: Instructional materials are important elements in language classrooms, and they provide the basic language input that learners take and the language practice that takes place in the classroom. Most of the language teachers use coursebooks; however, an important role of the teacher is to evaluate the coursebook because whatever methodology or approach teachers have, they mu fit the needs of their particular group of learners. This study provides insights from two perspectives. First, it focused on the views of pre-service teachers regarding 9th grade course book, Teenwise. Second, pre-service teachers identified the weak parts of the coursebook units they teach and they adapted these weak parts. The purpose of the analysis of their adaptations was to find out which techniques pre-service teachers use when the coursebook does not meet their expectations. The evaluation of the coursebook revealed that pre-service teachers are satisfied with language skills and language content of the coursebook. However, pre-service teachers thought that structure and vocabulary presentations and activities should be developed. The adaptations of the pre-service teachers showed that the most used technique to adapt the units was “add”, “reorder” and “modify”. It is concluded that in order to help them make use of coursebooks more effectively and aid teaching learning process when they become teachers, it is important to train pre-service teachers about how to evaluate coursebooks they use and how to adapt the coursebook units to fit current ELT approaches and their students’ needs.
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Öğretmen Adaylarının Ders Kitabı Değerlendirmesi ve Uyarlaması: 9. Sınıf İngilizce Ders Kitabının Değerlendirilmesi
Öz: Öğretim materyalleri, dil sınıflarında önemli öğelerden biridir ve öğrencilerin dili öğrenmesini ve sınıfta yer alan dil pratiğini sağlar. Dil öğretmenlerinin çoğu ders kitaplarını sınıftaki temel materyal olarak kullanırlar ancak öğretmenin önemli bir rolü kullandığı ders kitabını değerlendirmektir. Öğretmenler hangi öğretim yöntemi veya yaklaşıma sahip olursa olsun, belirli bir grup öğrencinin öğrenim ihtiyaçlarını karşılamalıdır bu nedenle ders kitabı değerlendirme ve uyarlama önem kazanmaktadır. Bu çalışma iki taraflı bakış açısı sunmaktadır. Öncelikle, 9. sınıf ders kitabı olarak kullanılan Teenwise ile ilgili öğretmen adaylarının görüşlerini incelemektedir. İkinci olarak, öğretmen adayları öğrettikleri ders kitabı ünitelerinin etkili olmayan kısımlarını belirlemiş ve etkili bulmadıkları bölümleri daha iyi öğrenme sağlamak için uyarlamışlardır. Uyarlama analizinin amacı, ders kitabının beklentilerini karşılamadığı durumlarda öğretmenlerin hangi teknikleri kullandığını bulmaktır.. Ders kitabı değerlendirilmesi sonuçları, öğretmen adaylarının ders kitaplarını dil becerileri ve dil içeriği açısından yeterli bulduğunu göstermektedir. Ancak öğretmen adayları, dil bilgisi ve sözcük öğretimi ve etkinliklerinin geliştirilmesi gerektiğini düşünmektedirler. Öğretmen adaylarının ders kitabı uyarlamalarında en çok kullanılan tekniğin “ekleme”, “yeniden düzenleme” ve “değiştirme” olduğunu bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, öğretmen adaylarının ders kitaplarını daha etkin bir şekilde kullanması ve öğretmen olduklarında öğretme öğrenme sürecine etkili katkı sağlamaları önemlidir. Bu nedenle, öğretmen adaylarını kullandıkları ders kitaplarını nasıl değerlendirecekleri ve ders kitaplarını güncel dil öğretim yaklaşımları ve öğrencilerin ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda nasıl uyarlayacakları konusunda eğitmek gereklidir.
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