IV. Selecting textbooks

V. Adapting textbooks

Step 4. Conclusion

1. Evaluation, selection and adaptation
2. Three conditions:
    Firstly, teacher are given the autority to evaluate, select and adapt textbooks
    Secondly, teachers have initiative to evaluate, select and adapt textbooks
    Thirdly, teachers know how to evluate, select and adapt textbooks.

In the process of curriculum reform, teachers are encouraged to “use” textbooks rather than “teach”textbooks, implying a responsibility for all the teachers to adapt materials to meet the needs of the local students and teaching contexts. Obviously, developing expertise in evaluating, selecting, and adapting materials has become one of the professional skills of English teachers today.

1. Ways to evaluate textbooks.
2. Features of a good textbook.
3. The three-part questionnaire .
4. Ways to adapt a textbook.

Step 5. Homework

1. Review the details of  Unit 18
2. Review all the units in this book
3. Try to understand and remember the meanings of the terms in Glossary (P335)
4. Prepare for the final examination