Seameo regional language centre
Aims and scope of the project
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- 1.4. Significance of the project
| 1.3. Aims and scope of the project
This study seeks to evaluate the new English textbook series in terms of their methodology and practicality. Specifically, it seeks to examine the communicative nature of the textbooks and the ease of their use. That is, it seeks to answer such questions as how the four language skills and language elements are taught and practiced, whether all components of the communicative competence are catered for, and how much guidance students and teachers are provided with in using the books. As this is only a medium-sized scale study, a number of issues, though intriguing, would be beyond the scope of inquiry and would be best dealt with in a further study, for example, how language contents are sequenced and recycled from English 10 to English 12 textbooks, whether the books are suitable to the different teaching and learning contexts of different localities within Vietnam, and so on. Also, I will only look at Set 1 because a recent MOET survey has shown that more than 80% of Vietnamese upper secondary school students have been and will be using this set of 15 textbooks. In the sections to follow, this set of textbooks will be referred to as ‘the new textbooks’ or ‘the standard textbooks’. 1.4. Significance of the project This project can be significant in a number of ways. First, as discussed earlier, the textbook is a key component in most language programs. In an EFL context like Vietnam, it may even constitute the main source of language input that learners receive and the basis for language practice that occurs both inside and outside the classroom. For many Vietnamese senior high school learners, textbooks may even help to supplement teachers’ instruction, which is constrained by less than three class hours a week. In order to serve their purposes most effectively, textbooks need to be professionally designed, fit the curriculum and closely correspond with the aims of the teaching program and the needs of the students. However, a close look at the MOET funded new textbooks has indicated that there might be several problems with them. Thus, teachers and learners working with the new textbooks might experience considerable difficulty in achieving the ultimate goal of their teaching and learning program, which is developing students’ communicative competence. The current project helps to identify the problems and suggests ways of improving them. This contribution would be of practical value to textbook authors, teachers and teacher trainers in Vietnam. Besides, the project focuses on a teaching context that is largely unheard of and under-represented in the world’s TESOL (Teaching English to 16 Speakers of Other Languages) scholarship. Therefore, for the scholars outside Vietnam, the project report would be a rich source of information for their use and reference. tải về 421.94 Kb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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