An Investigation over Iranian Middle School English Textbook

Abstract

This paper has aimed to evaluate and analyze the Iranian English textbook as the material for students in second year of middle schools by taking the opinions of English teachers into account. The research was done by administering a standard questionnaire to 60 English teachers. The researchers evaluated and analyzed the textbook via different ideas about the book from English teachers. The collected data were analyzed by Chi Square. The data analysis revealed that the hypotheses of the study are proved. The results indicated that the textbook did not conform to international criteria; and also the teachers’ ideas were totally negative about the textbook.

Keywords

• english textbook
• middle school
• evaluation
• international criteria
• education system