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标题：The Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of "Top Notch" Course Books as Perceived by Iranian EFL Learners and Teachers
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作者：Naghmeh Nourmohammad-Nouri ; Dr. Farid Ghaemi ; Dr. Roya Sedigh 等
期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2015
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：33
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：It's uncommon to see a course book that genuinely is a precious stone; it's importantnot just judge a book by its attractive cover. Books loaded with useful information will helpanyone improve their daily outlook. The present study was accompanied to evaluate the EFLcourse book "Top Notch" series in two levels of intermediate and upper-intermediate beingpresently taught in various English language centers in Iran. The researcher used aretrospective mixed-methodology research design both quantitative and qualitative to evaluatethe course books, which includes interviews and questionnaires. For this purpose the five Likertpoints of Litz’s questionnaires (2005) was employed on the basis of the students' and instructors'answers. To do so, one hundred two EFL teachers and one hundred eighty students appraisedthe series. Cronbach's Alpha 0.875 and 0.884 were complemented to estimate the reliability ofthe students and instructors questionnaire respectively. The results obtained from the studyidentified that Top Notch series suffers from the insufficient and inadequate exercises forvocabulary, the unrelated topics, diverse pronunciations, not good for self-learning, and theshortage of specific reading strategy such as skimming, scanning in Top Notch series is evident.Furthermore, the upshots acquired from this probe showed that the current English textbooksbased on students' perception are meet the students' needs and interests in improving theirEnglish language ability.
关键词：Textbook evaluation; Top Notch; Litz questionnaire