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Pan, Molly Xie; Zhu, Yan – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2022
A new wave of developing English textbooks for compulsory education in China demands for more attention on the integration of textbook research and practice. While increasing research has investigated the design and implementation of English textbooks for Chinese learners, there is a lack of a systematic review on the structural development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Aigul Syzdykbayeva; Kulpynay Duisenbay; Guliya Alikhankyzy; Ulzharkyn Abdigapbarova – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
There has been a significant growth in the field of Chinese language education, which has necessitated to examine the current state of key research contributions of the Chinese language in teaching methodologies, learning processes, and textbook development. This bibliometric study maps literature on Chinese language teaching, learning, and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bibliometrics
Lucy Sibanda; Tracey Herman – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Textbooks socialise and legitimise cultural norms, and therefore, learners' social worlds should find expression in their textbooks. In the study reported on here we examined how Grade 4 English First Additional Language and life skills textbooks reflected learner diversity in South African schools as manifested in their racial, gender,…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, Diversity, Content Analysis, Grade 4
Herath, Sreemali – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
This study critically examines the discursive reconstruction of ethnic hierarchies in English language textbooks used in public schools in post-conflict Sri Lanka. Set against a social and political backdrop of larger nation state-building and national reconciliation taking place in Sri Lanka after it ended a three-decade ethnic conflict, this…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Conflict Resolution, Ideology

Byrnes, Heidi – Unterrichtspraxis, 1988
Seeks to promote more discriminating use of current language textbooks by attempting to isolate a general implicit goal in their development, by pointing out developmental issues awaiting resolution, either in theory or in practice, and by identifying assumptions about the desired role of teachers and students. (Author/DJD)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Second Language Instruction, Student Role, Teacher Role

Ney, James W. – Hispania, 1983
An examination of texts, experience, and learning theories supports the use of two different kinds of exercises in language instruction. Those giving practice in language manipulation help in acquisition, and those helping students with understanding develop an awareness that is used later to aid learning. (MSE)
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Learning Theories, Pattern Drills (Language), Second Language Instruction
de Reuse, Willem J. – 1997
Two experimental language-learning textbooks were developed in collaboration with Apache-speaking scholars from the San Carlos and White Mountain Reservations. One was written in the grammar-translation tradition and modeled after successful textbooks for Navajo and Papago. While the text's main purpose is to teach elementary conversational…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Apache, Elementary Secondary Education

Theil, Elvira – Babel: Australia, 1997
Evaluates the first stage of "Lernpunkt Deutsch," a new three-stage German course designed for upper elementary and early secondary school. Describes the publisher's package of materials and the appropriateness of the course, utility of the different package elements, format of the materials, and assesses whether the course provides pedagogically…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, German, Grammar
Zughoul, Muhammad Raji – 1986
The current textbook series used in the compulsory cycle's English instruction has been the subject of much criticism, including the suggestions that it is too structurally oriented, contains little interesting or motivating material, has little functional or communicative content, is not Jordanianized but has only a surface Jordanian element, is…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Johns, Ann M. – 1985
Simplification of reading materials for lower-level English for special purposes (ESP) instruction may make texts comprehensible, but it may not make them much different from texts written 50 years ago. What will make them different is their authenticity, an approach characteristic of ESP, even at the lowest levels. However, authenticity is often…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Introductory Courses, Literature Reviews, Material Development

McDonough, Jo – ELT Journal, 1998
New textbooks for teaching English for Special Purposes (ESP) are reviewed, including texts for science and technology, computing, engineering, and electronics as well as a guide to general classroom techniques and activities for ESP teachers. Criteria for evaluating and selecting instructional materials are also addressed briefly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Computer Science, Educational Strategies