An Evaluation of grammatical structure sequencing in second- and third-year middle school EFL textbooks " My Book of English (2AM and 3AM) "
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2021
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Université Oum El Bouaghi
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Textbooks are valuable in each language classroom. They are considered as an essential component which has several roles in English Language Teaching (ELT) curriculum. Therefore, their evaluation is utmost importance so that their pedagogical contribution can be assured to the teaching-learning process. Although there are so many studies about textbook evaluation, yet the newly published textbooks are not given the much attention needed to be examined. The present study attempts to evaluate the new generation of the Algerian middle school English textbooks "My Book of English" of the 2nd and the 3rd years where the focus is on the evaluation of the grammatical sequencing and the grammar presentation. The research strives to discover if there is appropriate grammatical sequencing in each and between both textbooks ; it seeks also to know how grammar is presented and assess its appropriateness to the leaners' level. Therefore, to achieve these goals, quantitative and qualitative data were obtained throughout an adapted checklist and a teacher's questionnaire. A checklist was adapted from different proposed checklists to suit the aims of the research, whereas the questionnaire was addressed to the middle school EFL teachers to assess their perspectives towards the textbooks' grammar content and the grammatical sequencing. The results of the mixed method revealed that the 3rd year textbook grammatical items are somehow appropriate to the target learners, whereas the 2nd year grammar structures are complex and beyond the learners' levels. Also, the grammar structures in each textbook are sequenced on the basis of the learner's communicative needs. Finally, there is a grammatical sequencing between both coursebooks, but it is inappropriate and illogical because the learners are still facing some challenges in using the language correctly which affects the achievement of the stated objectives.
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Textbook evaluation, English language teaching ELT, Grammar presentation, The Grammatical sequencing