TY  - JOUR
TI  - Pre-service Teachers’ Coursebook Evaluation and Adaptation: An Evaluation of 9th Grade English Coursebook
AB  - 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.
AU  - KARA, Selma
DO  - 10.17679/inuefd.482825
PY  - 2019
JO  - İnönü Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-2899
SP  - 564
EP  - 577
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/332525
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