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| author | Syed, Sharif Ul Hasan Usama |
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| contents | <p>The growth of English as a global language (Crystal 2003) has been immense in the last half century or so. Subsequently there has been a massive increase in the field of ELT or Teaching English as an Additional/ Foreign Language. The ELT field has seen an expansion in all areas including training of teachers, qualifications, publishing and research.</p> <p>There is a massive and ever growing demand for ELT course books and with the expansion of research into the field, ELT is ever revised and new theories are presented daily.</p> <p>One of the questions that has arisen from the growth and globalisation of English is that of culture surrounding the teaching of English language.</p> <p>This study focuses on the cultural appropriateness of a set of course books used at a university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study was based on questionnaires administered to both teachers and students over three campuses of Taibah University based in Al Madinah al Munawarra, Saudi Arabia over the months of December and January of 2014/15.</p> <p>There were 100 male students who took part in the research with differing levels of English all attending a Preparatory Year Program. The results from the questionnaire were analysed and the perceptions of students was that the course books lacked in culturally appropriate content.</p> <p>30 male teachers from a range of experiences and backgrounds also participated and the perceptions gathered from teachers were akin to that of the students.</p> <p><span>The main implications of the study were the availability of culturally appropriate content for course books. Furthermore, the study highlighted the need for further research into areas of Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, where they may be an increase in the need for English but for the supply to be more streamlined and personalised as well as contextualised for the learners as to make it more effective.</span></p> |
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| spellingShingle | Textbook evaluation: ESL Teacher and Student Perceptions on the Cultural Appropriateness of ELT Textbooks used at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. Syed, Sharif Ul Hasan Usama Textbook Evaluation TESOL English <p>The growth of English as a global language (Crystal 2003) has been immense in the last half century or so. Subsequently there has been a massive increase in the field of ELT or Teaching English as an Additional/ Foreign Language. The ELT field has seen an expansion in all areas including training of teachers, qualifications, publishing and research.</p> <p>There is a massive and ever growing demand for ELT course books and with the expansion of research into the field, ELT is ever revised and new theories are presented daily.</p> <p>One of the questions that has arisen from the growth and globalisation of English is that of culture surrounding the teaching of English language.</p> <p>This study focuses on the cultural appropriateness of a set of course books used at a university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study was based on questionnaires administered to both teachers and students over three campuses of Taibah University based in Al Madinah al Munawarra, Saudi Arabia over the months of December and January of 2014/15.</p> <p>There were 100 male students who took part in the research with differing levels of English all attending a Preparatory Year Program. The results from the questionnaire were analysed and the perceptions of students was that the course books lacked in culturally appropriate content.</p> <p>30 male teachers from a range of experiences and backgrounds also participated and the perceptions gathered from teachers were akin to that of the students.</p> <p><span>The main implications of the study were the availability of culturally appropriate content for course books. Furthermore, the study highlighted the need for further research into areas of Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, where they may be an increase in the need for English but for the supply to be more streamlined and personalised as well as contextualised for the learners as to make it more effective.</span></p> |
| title | Textbook evaluation: ESL Teacher and Student Perceptions on the Cultural Appropriateness of ELT Textbooks used at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. |
| topic | Textbook Evaluation TESOL English |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17148329 |