Analysis of an English Coursebook
MÁSTER EN PROFESORADO E.S.O., BACHILLERATO, F.P. Y ENSEÑANZAS DE IDIOMAS,
ARTÍSTICAS Y DEPORTIVAS
Analysis of an English
Coursebook and
Its Oral Activities
Trabajo de Fin de Máster
Modalidad B
Junio 2013
Alumna: Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Tutora: María Pilar Mur Dueñas
Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
1
Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
INDEX
Pages
1 Introduction
4
2 Literature review
5
2.1. Research on oral discourse
5
2.2. Research on communicative competence
5
2.3. Language exposure: input hypothesis
8
2.4. Language production: output hypothesis
9
2.5. Designing oral communicative activities
10
2.6. The use of coursebooks in the EFL classroom: advantages and disadvantages
3 Methods
11
13
3.1. Corpus
13
3.2. Participants
14
3.3. Methodology
14
3.3.1. Checklist 1: selection of a coursebook
15
3.3.2. Checklist 2: analysis of oral communicative activities
15
4 Results and discussion
4.1. Results and discussion from the checklist of the coursebook
17
17
4.1.1. Design and organization
18
4.1.2. Appropriateness
18
4.1.3. Materials and motivation
19
4.1.4. Methodology
20
4.1.5. Supplementary materials
23
4.2. Results and discussion from the checklist of the oral communicative activities
24
4.2.1. General impression
24
4.2.2. Oral activities
29
5 Conclusions
31
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Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
Pages
Bibliography
34
Appendix I: Checklists
36
Appendix II: Results of checklists
42
Appendix III: Analysis of sample activities
48
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Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
1 INTRODUCTION
Knowledge of a foreign
ARTÍSTICAS Y DEPORTIVAS
Analysis of an English
Coursebook and
Its Oral Activities
Trabajo de Fin de Máster
Modalidad B
Junio 2013
Alumna: Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Tutora: María Pilar Mur Dueñas
Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
1
Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
INDEX
Pages
1 Introduction
4
2 Literature review
5
2.1. Research on oral discourse
5
2.2. Research on communicative competence
5
2.3. Language exposure: input hypothesis
8
2.4. Language production: output hypothesis
9
2.5. Designing oral communicative activities
10
2.6. The use of coursebooks in the EFL classroom: advantages and disadvantages
3 Methods
11
13
3.1. Corpus
13
3.2. Participants
14
3.3. Methodology
14
3.3.1. Checklist 1: selection of a coursebook
15
3.3.2. Checklist 2: analysis of oral communicative activities
15
4 Results and discussion
4.1. Results and discussion from the checklist of the coursebook
17
17
4.1.1. Design and organization
18
4.1.2. Appropriateness
18
4.1.3. Materials and motivation
19
4.1.4. Methodology
20
4.1.5. Supplementary materials
23
4.2. Results and discussion from the checklist of the oral communicative activities
24
4.2.1. General impression
24
4.2.2. Oral activities
29
5 Conclusions
31
2
Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
Pages
Bibliography
34
Appendix I: Checklists
36
Appendix II: Results of checklists
42
Appendix III: Analysis of sample activities
48
3
Alejandra Rodríguez Marco
Analysis of an English Coursebook and Its Oral Communicative Activities
1 INTRODUCTION
Knowledge of a foreign
Bibliography: and communicative competence develop in a second language (Ellis 1997; Celce-Murcia 2001). They pay close attention to the relations between language and structure, the use of spoken language, the same time (Savignon in Ross-Feldman 2003). development of communicative competence (Brown and Yule 1983; Carter and McCarthy 1997; Nation and Newton 2009)