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Download full textJin, Ng Yu – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2010
Students are believed to learn at optimum level with materials with a lot of white space since the existence of vast number of words and limited amount of white space, especially in textbooks may contribute to the increase in anxiety among learners (Tomlinson, 1998). This study evaluates the amount of white space in terms of pixels in the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Mukundan, Jayakaran – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2010
There are two main reasons why textbooks are evaluated; the first of which is associated to the task of textbook selection (predictive evaluation) and the second to the need to evaluate it while in use (retrospective evaluation) so that teachers can implement adaptation procedures later. Predictive evaluation is almost nonexistent in most…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Textbook Evaluation, Developing Nations, Faculty Development
