Evaluating the reading tasks in the Algerian EFL textbook of the fourth year middle school my book of english
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2023
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University of Oum El Bouaghi
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This research attempts to evaluate the Algerian fourth-year middle school English as a foreign language textbook, "My Book of English", which was introduced in 2019 by the Ministry of Education. The study is a textbook evaluation in terms of reading tasks and activities which are important in mastering a foreign language. The primary objective of the evaluation is to identify the efficacy of the reading tasks contained within the second-generation middle school textbook. Additionally, the study seeks to explore teachers' perspectives on the suitability of those tasks and their presentation in the textbook. To conduct the research, a mixed method was used. Qualitatively, a checklist was adapted from different proposed checklists of three different researchers to suit the aims of the research. Quantitatively, a questionnaire was addressed to fourth-year middle school teachers of English who are using the textbook as a teaching material. The sample of the study consists of twelve teachers of English at six separate middle schools who were randomly selected. The data are analyzed according to the qualitative and quantitative Content Analysis (QCA) and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of both the checklist and the questionnaire revealed that the reading tasks presented in the textbook align with the learners' learning needs. Moreover, the activities and the reading selections are presented in meaningful contexts and gradually progress from the simple to the more complex with an orderly and consistent distribution among the sequences.
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Reading comprehension; Textbook evaluation; Reading skill; Reading tasks