Analyzing the Effects of Iranian EFL Textbooks on Developing Learners' Life Skills

Autor/inn/en	Khosravani, Mahboobeh; Khosravani, Mahmood; Khorashadyzadeh, Abbas
Titel	Analyzing the Effects of Iranian EFL Textbooks on Developing Learners' Life Skills
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 7 (2014) 6, S.54-67 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Textbooks; Questionnaires; Language Teachers; Leadership Qualities; Critical Thinking; Thinking Skills; Decision Making; Problem Solving; Foreign Countries; Textbook Evaluation; Cultural Influences; Self Esteem; Skill Development; Hypothesis Testing; Correlation; Iran + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Fragebogen; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Führungseigenschaft; Kritisches Denken; Denkfähigkeit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Problemlösen; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Korrelation
Abstract	Education is not an end, but a means to an end. The ultimate goal of education is to prepare students for their future life. Regarding this fact, English language classes and textbooks can be used as tools for improving learners' life skills. Meanwhile, informative textbooks with rich socio-cultural constructs that foster learners' life skills are needed. To assess the range of the Iranian EFL textbooks richness in these aspects, a life skills questionnaire was distributed among ELT teachers (N = 73) and EFL learners (N = 1112) almost all over Iran. The results originated from data analysis showed that Iranian EFL textbooks don't improve the EFL learners' essential life skills considerably especially leadership life skills, critical thinking life skills, and decision making/problem solving life skills. The findings of this research and the designed life skills questionnaire can be used by educational policy makers, syllabus designers, materials developers, researchers, teachers, etc. to examine and analyze the socio-cultural constructs of Iranian EFL textbooks for considering in the processes of publishing new EFL textbooks for the Islamic-Iranian society of Iran. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01