Evaluation of an ESP Textbook for the Students of Sociology

Baleghizadeh, Sasan; Rahimi, Amir Hossein

doi:10.4304/jltr.2.5.1009-1014

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“…According to Mukundan (2004as cited in Nasiri, 2011 and Ellis (1997as cited in Tok, 2010 there are two types of evaluation: predictive evaluation and retrospective evaluation. As mentioned by Dudley-Evans and St John (1998), Baleghizadeh and Rahimi (2011) divide evaluation into formative and summative types. McDonough and Shaw (2003) regard three classes of evaluations: external, internal, overall.…”

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Evaluation of an ESP Course of Qur’anic Sciences and Tradition

Salehi¹,

Davari

Yunus³

2014

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Evaluation is defined as matching process that matches the needs to available solutions. The present study is an attempt to evaluate English for specific purposes (ESP) course book on "the ESP Course of Qur'anic Sciences and Tradition" taught at some universities in Iran. To achieve this goal, a researcher-made questionnaire and an interview protocol was used. The sample of this study consisted of 80 master students majoring in Qur'anic Sciences and Tradition and 6 teachers teaching this course. The textbook was evaluated in terms of four factors including content and exercises, topics, skills and strategies, and teaching methodology. Data was collected through (i) a five-point Likert scale questionnaire consisting of 51 items and (ii) an interview protocol including some comprehensive questions. Regarding the presented results on the evaluation of ESP textbook it was found that general consensus is that the course book is appropriate for the students who should pass the Qur'anic Sciences and Tradition course. However, the students did not give high evaluation to some issues. The findings of this study would enable the ESP teachers to adapt the Qur'anic Sciences and Tradition textbook more relevant to the students' needs.

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“…It does not consist of a specific kind of language or methodology, nor is it a particular type of teaching material. As the name offers, ESP is designed for a particular group of people in a particular setting and the materials used are relevant to the learners' specialized field of study (Baleghizadeh & Rahimi, 2011).…”

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Evaluation of an ESP Course of Qur’anic Sciences and Tradition

Salehi¹,

Davari

Yunus³

2014

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“…The outcomes of this study indicated that medical ESP textbooks are the right books for the purpose of medical English for Iranian physicians and in harmony with students' requirements and achievements. Baleghizadeh and Rahimi (2011) indicated that the systematic evaluation of textbooks is not often conducted and students' requirements and opinions concerning the materials developed for them are neglected in Iran. Likewise, Eslami-Rasekh (2010) pointed out that ESP textbooks developed for the students of engineering by the Ministry of Higher Education in Iran is not born out of any systematic needs analysis.…”

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An Evaluating Study on ESP Medical Textbook: Instructors and Learners’ Needs Analysis

Salehi¹,

Khadivar²,

Babaee³

et al. 2015

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Textbook evaluation is determining the productivity and value of textbooks with respect to stated objectives, standards, or criteria. This study was an attempt to evaluate the ESP medical textbook, which is taught at some universities in Iran. To gather the necessary data, two researcher-made questionnaires and one interview protocol were used. Iranian Medical instructors and learners answered to a 28-item questionnaire to express their attitudes towards the content, exercises, and topics of their ESP course book. In addition, some members of both groups participated in an interview to gain in depth information about the study. They were both male and female. The findings revealed that the content and the topics of the ESP medical textbook are based on the learners and instructors' needs. The results of this study have a number of implications for medical instructors, learners, and syllabus designers.

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“…The outcomes indicated that most of the subjects had positive attitudes towards both learning English and the English language teacher. Baleghizadeh and Rahimi (2011) indicated that the systematic evaluation of textbooks is not often conducted and students' requirements and opinions concerning the materials developed for them are neglected in Iran. Likewise, Eslami-Rasekh (2010) pointed out that ESP textbooks developed for the students of engineering by the Ministry of Higher Education in Iran is not born out of any systematic needs analysis.…”

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Evaluation of an ESP Medical Textbook: Instructors and Learners’ Perceptions in Focus

Salehi

Khadivar²,

Mehrabi³

2015

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Evaluation is basically a matching process, which concerns matching learners' needs to available solutions. Through analysis and assessment of ESP textbooks, a much more promising and desirable approach to a theory of ESP takes place. To this aim, the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the ESP medical textbook. To gather the necessary data, two researcher-made questionnaires and one interview protocol were used. Medical instructors and learners answered to a 30-item questionnaire to express their attitudes towards different aspects of their ESP textbook. Besides, some members of both groups participated in the interviews to gain in depth information about the study. They were both male and female. The findings revealed that instructors and learners had positive attitudes towards the content part of their ESP textbook. In addition, the findings revealed that there is a significant difference between the instructors' and learners' attitudes concerning the ESP textbook. The results of this study have a number of implications for medical instructors, learners, and syllabus designers.

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Evaluation of an ESP Textbook for the Students of Sociology

Cited by 18 publications

References 6 publications

Evaluation of an ESP Course of Qur’anic Sciences and Tradition

Evaluation of an ESP Course of Qur’anic Sciences and Tradition

An Evaluating Study on ESP Medical Textbook: Instructors and Learners’ Needs Analysis

Evaluation of an ESP Medical Textbook: Instructors and Learners’ Perceptions in Focus

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