Exploring the language skills embedded in the grade nine New Bridge to Success textbook
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Date
2013Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
The main aim of this study is to explore and map out the receptive and productive
language skills and sub-skills embedded in the grade nine textbook, New Bridge to
Success Elementary (2011) for Anatolian High Schools. To this end, content analysis
is used to identify, analyze and quantify the language skills and sub-skills in the
textbook. The results highlight the range, and the number of, receptive and
productive sub-skills in the textbook. They also show that the textbook offers a wide
range of productive sub-skills; however, the number of listening and writing subskills
included in the textbook is relatively limited. The results are used to explicitly
specify the receptive and productive language strands rooted in the textbook.
Keywords
Textbooktextbook evaluation
skills-based syllabus
receptive skills
productive skills
reading
listening
writing
speaking