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Direct linkChili Li; Xue Wang; Long Qian – SAGE Open, 2025
The effectiveness of English Language Teaching (ELT) materials significantly influences the learning outcomes of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, positioning these resources as cardinal in the acquisition process. Despite this widely acknowledged significance, there remains a notable gap in research concerning the evaluation of key…
Descriptors: Syntax, Difficulty Level, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Download full textCarcamo, Benjamin – HOW, 2023
At the end of high school in Chile, it is expected that students achieve a B1 English language proficiency level. In the present article, we measure the level of readability of the texts used in the new EFL Chilean textbook and compare it with the readability level of the texts used in the Cambridge B1 preliminary exam to check its appropriacy.…
Descriptors: Readability, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cárcamo Morales, Benjamín – TESOL Journal, 2020
This article evaluates the mandatory English as a foreign language textbooks provided by the government in Chile in terms of readability and types of questions. Three readability formulas are used to analyze the texts: Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, and Coh-Metrix L2 reading index (RDL2). To evaluate the cognitive demands that…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Yang, Kyungmo; Bae, Jiyoung – English Teaching, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the continuity of reading passages of Korean high school English textbooks with the 2015 Revised National Curriculum using CohMetrix, a software that analyzes English texts in a range of linguistic features. Twentyone English textbooks were analyzed: 11 High School English, five High School English I,…
Descriptors: High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Solnyshkina, Marina I.; Vishnyakova, Ol'ga D.; Gafiyatova, Elzara V.; Gabitov, Azat I. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
The research identifies the complexity level of eight texts from Spotlight 11 used in Russian TEFL to prepare students for National Unified Exam in English and assess their reading skills. The results of the analyses conducted with the help of T.E.R.A., an automated text processor, prove that all texts fell within the range of 6-9 Flesch-Kincaid…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English (Second Language), Textbook Evaluation, Language Proficiency
Cesur, Kürsat; Özi?sler, Narin – Online Submission, 2019
Undoubtedly, foreign language teaching intends to make students obtain the required competence so as to get the linguistic knowledge needed in a foreign language. With this respect, a textbook should supply to the users as much as possible, be satisfactory to fit into the syllabus, and meet all the needs and expectations of the students during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
