Evaluating the Palestinian's English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Textbooks of the Secondary Stage Using Textbooks Evaluation Standards
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The study aimed at evaluating the Palestinian EFL textbooks of the secondary stage in terms of standards for evaluating textbooks. In order to achieve the study objectives, the descriptive analytical approach was adopted. The study sample included four Palestinian EFL textbooks of the secondary stage in the scholastic year 2020/2021. In order to evaluate the textbooks, the instrumentation of a list of (32) standards for evaluating textbooks was built. The standards were listed under five domains (textbook introduction, textbook content, textbook activities, the assessment procedures of students, and textbook layout). In light of the new instrument, the process of evaluation was conducted. The study found that the Palestinian secondary stage EFL textbooks highly met the standards for evaluating textbooks, having reached a percentage up to (75.6%, a mean of 3.78); this percentage was interpreted based on the study scale. The study offered many recommendations, the most important of which were that the planners of the Palestinian secondary stage EFL textbook should prepare the textbooks to meet the students' life, the introduction of the textbooks should identify the learning sources and guide students on how to use the textbook, and the activities of the textbook should meet the students' level.
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Abu Rezeq, K., & Abu Taha, M. (2018a). The degree of using alternative assessment strategies by English preparatory teachers in Gaza governmental schools. Al Quds Open University Journal for Research in Psychology and Educational Sciences, 8(24), 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1344989
Abu Rezeq, K., & Abu Taha, M. (2018b). Problems English majors encounter in learning drama in English at al Aqsa University in Gaza and ways to reduce them. International Journal of Research in English Education, 3(3), 29-45. http://ijreeonline.com/article-1-101-en.html
Ahmed, F., Khalaf, S. (2014). Building a tool for quality standards for mathematics books at the primary stage (in Arabic). El Fatah Journal, 10(60), 148-171. https://www.iasj.net/iasj/article/96764
Al Harbi, A. (2017). Evaluation study for secondary stage EFL textbook: EFL teachers’ perspectives. English Language Teaching, 10(3), 26-39. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1130034.pdf
Alamri, A. (2008). An Evaluation of the sixth grade English language textbook for Saudi boys' schools [Unpublished Master’s thesis]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228395020_An_evaluation_of_the_sixth_grade_English_language_textbook_for_Saudi_boys'_schools
Assaf, M., Abu-Rezeq, K. (2018). Postgraduates’ perceptions regarding their mastery level of educational research skills at the Palestinian faculties of education and ways to develop these skills. African Educational Research Journal. 6(3), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.30918/AERJ.63.18.034
Awad, A. (2013). Evaluating “English for Palestine 12” in terms of the EFL/ESL textbook evaluating checklist from the teachers' perspectives in Nablus Directorate schools. An-Najah Univ. J. Res. (Humanities), 27(11), 2401-2432. https://journals.najah.edu/media/journals/full_texts/8.pdf
Bloom, R. (1975). Stating educational objectives in behavioral terms. Nursing Forum 14(1), 31-42. 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1975.tb00084.x
Charalambous, A. (2011). The Role and use of course books in EFL [Unpublished Master's Thesis]. Eric: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED524247.pdf
Dweikat, K.A. (2011). Investigating teachers and students’ attitudes towards the activities and exercises of EFL textbook for tenth grade in Palestine. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Research and Studies, 23(1), 27-79. https://dspace.qou.edu/xmlui/handle/194/1833
El Ghamdy, M. (2012). Evaluation of content of lower grade in elementary stage developed scientific books in the light of selected criteria. (in Arabic), [Unpublished Master's thesis]. Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. http://search.shamaa.org/FullRecord?ID=107662
El Ghamdy, S. (2010). The importance of total quality curricula for the Islamic educational teachers in the elementary schools according to the specialists' views. (in Arabic), [Unpublished Doctoral thesis]. Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. http://search.shamaa.org/FullRecord?ID=34321
El jībouri, O., & El Sultāni, H. (2013). Al mānhj wa tādrees elloughā el ārabiā. (in Arabic), 1st ed., Redwan Publishing House, Jordan. http://lib.ipmafa.ac.id/index.php?p=show_detail&id=6039&keywords=
El Khāwāldā, M. (2004). Ūsos Bena’ Al Mānahej El Tārbawiyā Wā Tāsmeem El Mānhāj El Ta`limi. (in Arabic), 1st ed., El Māseera for Publishing and Distribution, Amman, Jordan.
El Zewāwi, Kh. (2003). Alj‘awdā ālshaamilā fi ‘altaelim wa'aswāq ‘aleāmal fi ‘alwatan ‘Alearābi'. (in Arabic), 1sted., Arab Nile Group, Cairo, Egypt. https://www.neelwafurat.com/itempage.aspx?id=egb75874-5173457&search=books
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Ellis, R. (1997). The empirical evaluation of language teaching materials. ELT Journal, (51), 36-42. doi.org/10.1093/elt/51.1.36
Hammad, Sh. (2011). The quality of the content of the book of Islamic education for the higher primary stage of Palestine in the light of quality standards for content and organization (in Arabic), A Paper presented at The National Conference for Educational Assessment: Ramallah, Palestine. file:///C:/Users/user/Downloads/r13_drSharifHammad.pdf
Kim, H. (2015). Teachers’ opinions on the evaluation of ELT teachers’ books. English Language Teaching, 8(3), 1-12. DOI:10.5539/elt.v8n3p1
Lee, S. (2013). The development of evaluation theories for foreign language textbooks. Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 17(2), 69-89. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1014790.pdf
Mānsi, H. (2002). Āltāqwim āltārbawi. (in Arabic), El Kondari Publishing House, Amman, Jordan. https://library.iugaza.edu.ps/book_details.aspx?edition_no=60142
Miekley, J. (2005). ESL textbook evaluation checklist. The Reading Matrix, 5(2). http://www.readingmatrix.com/reading projects
Mustafa, A. (2016). The current status of Islamic education teachers' practice of alternative assessment techniques and ways of their development in the low elementary stage. (in Arabic), [Unpublished Master's Thesis], the Islamic university of Gaza, Palestine. https://iugspace.iugaza.edu.ps/handle/20.500.12358/20231?locale-attribute=en
Sheldon, L.E. (1988). Evaluating ELT textbooks and materials. ELT Journal, (42), 237-246. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.473.7638&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Weddel, K. (2009). How to choose a good ESL textbook for adult education and family literary learners. The Northern Colorado Professional Development Center, USA.
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Abu Rezeq, Khalil Abdullah Khalil. 2023. “Evaluating the Palestinian’s English As a Foreign Language (EFL) Textbooks of the Secondary Stage Using Textbooks Evaluation Standards”. Journal of Educational Sciences – Qatar University 20 (20). https://doi.org/10.29117/jes.2022.0093.
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