Burhan Omar is an independent researcher with 7 years’ experience in environment and sustainability policy and practice, at international, national and local level. He fosters collaboration between the research community, politics, government, business and the third sector, in order to further sustainability goals.
Textbooks are one of the essential types of materials that are extensively used in English as a s... more Textbooks are one of the essential types of materials that are extensively used in English as a second language classroom instruction. The current study tries to evaluate the textbook SUNRISE 9 based on six categories. This study intends to cover how those categories are represented in SUNRISE 9. The categories are the layout and design, activities, skills, language type, subject and content and conclusion. The present study aims at answering the questions about SUNRISE 9 from teachers' and students' opinions and finding out whether there is a statistically significant difference between the teachers' and students' responses with regard to the strengths and weaknesses of the textbook which are used in language classrooms in all basic schools in the Northern Iraq. Two data collection tools were carried out in the current study. The quantitative data were obtained using questionnaire for teachers and students with a total number of 375 9 th grade students and 40 9 th grade teachers. They were chosen randomly from Sulaimanyah city in the North of Iraq. The qualitative part of the study, semi-structured interviews were held among 13 teachers to gather more neccessary data. The findings reveal that the teacher participants have negative opinions towards most of the sections of the textbook and some others have not stated any opinions but the student participants generally have positive opinions about SUNRISE 9. For this English textbook SUNRISE 9, an empirical evaluative study and an in-depth method evaluation are also suggested to be conducted to find out more important results. Introduction A textbook is basically one of the essential types of materials that are extensively used in English as a foreign language or English as a second language classroom instruction. More importantly; a textbook can be seen as the most excellent source for practical users (teachers and students) and also plays a vital role in the process of English Language Teaching.
Affective factors seem to play a significant role in success or failure in second language acquis... more Affective factors seem to play a significant role in success or failure in second language acquisition. Significantly, negative feelings can decrease learners’ motivation and make less harmful language learning, while positive feelings can do something different.
Textbooks are one of the essential types of materials that are extensively used in English as a s... more Textbooks are one of the essential types of materials that are extensively used in English as a second language classroom instruction. The current study tries to evaluate the textbook SUNRISE 9 based on six categories. This study intends to cover how those categories are represented in SUNRISE 9. The categories are the layout and design, activities, skills, language type, subject and content and conclusion. The present study aims at answering the questions about SUNRISE 9 from teachers' and students' opinions and finding out whether there is a statistically significant difference between the teachers' and students' responses with regard to the strengths and weaknesses of the textbook which are used in language classrooms in all basic schools in the Northern Iraq. Two data collection tools were carried out in the current study. The quantitative data were obtained using questionnaire for teachers and students with a total number of 375 9 th grade students and 40 9 th grade teachers. They were chosen randomly from Sulaimanyah city in the North of Iraq. The qualitative part of the study, semi-structured interviews were held among 13 teachers to gather more neccessary data. The findings reveal that the teacher participants have negative opinions towards most of the sections of the textbook and some others have not stated any opinions but the student participants generally have positive opinions about SUNRISE 9. For this English textbook SUNRISE 9, an empirical evaluative study and an in-depth method evaluation are also suggested to be conducted to find out more important results. Introduction A textbook is basically one of the essential types of materials that are extensively used in English as a foreign language or English as a second language classroom instruction. More importantly; a textbook can be seen as the most excellent source for practical users (teachers and students) and also plays a vital role in the process of English Language Teaching.
Affective factors seem to play a significant role in success or failure in second language acquis... more Affective factors seem to play a significant role in success or failure in second language acquisition. Significantly, negative feelings can decrease learners’ motivation and make less harmful language learning, while positive feelings can do something different.
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