The Evaluation of the Course Book “English in Mind”

The Evaluation of the Course Book “English in Mind”

MA TESOL
Yixuan JIANG

Table of Contents

Ⅰ. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..2
Ⅱ. Literature Review………………………………………………………………….2 ⅰ. The factors of English teaching materials evaluation………………………..…..3 ⅱ. The analysis of materials-evaluation content. ………………………………..…3
ⅲ. The cultural values of evaluating the English language teaching materials…......4 ⅳ. The designed intention of teaching materials..……………………………….…..5 ⅴ. The effect of English teaching materials…….……………………………….…..6
Ⅲ. Evaluation criteria………………………………………………………….……...6
Ⅳ. Evaluate the course books..…………………………………………………….….8
Ⅴ. Conclusion………………………………………………………………….……10
Ⅵ. References………………………………………………………………….…….11

Ⅰ. Introduction

The language of English is not only the important tool for learning English cultural in the world’s communication, but also a crucial ability for the government to evaluate the talents with the development of the modern society. In addition, the education in secondary school is a significant period for the students whose ages are approximately around 13 to 16 years to shape their foreign language knowledge basis. Therefore the basic educational stage is increasingly important in foreign language teaching. However, this basic educational stage in China is affected by the “education only for tests”, thus, the English language teaching in China mainly trend to heavily imparting knowledge, lightly training capacity that might be not suitable for the needs of the modern development. Furthermore, textbooks, which the teaching content and organization depend on, play an essential role in English language teaching. The book I chose named “English in Mind” that was published by Cambridge University Press. It includes five levels for teenagers from beginner to upper-intermediate, and each level consist of 16 units, grouped into 4 modules. I choose Level 3 for the intermediate Chinese students in the

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