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Develop a set of criteria for any ESL textbook. Locate three to five books, and then analyze each textbook based on either your ELD or SDAIE lesson plan or your own set of criteria. Provide the rationale and support for the textbook you choose to use.
ESL textbooks can vary widely as it relates to overall structure and content. Although the information is very similar within the text, the presentation can heavily influence the learning of the perspective student. The ability to align context with its application for example, allows students the ability to better assimilate the information in a manner best conducive to their learning. The magnitude of sample questions and how they are structured throughout the text is another important quality particularly for an ESL textbook. These elements are ESL texts rely heavily on understanding and practice. It is not enough to simply memorize material. Instead, the application of the material must be emphasized for students to properly communicate with others. These along with many other criteria, are needed for a successful ESL text.
To begin, a successful ESL text must first have very strong scope and sequence. Here, the textbook must possess a comprehensive scope that allows the student to clearly understand what is being taught and the outcomes that should be derived. In addition, the sequence related to lesson plans should also be user friendly. Here, the best textbooks are divided into very small pieces and lesson that allow the reader to learn at their own pace without inundating them with information. The most successful ESL textbooks emphasize modularity when providing lesson plans and lesson plan objectives to teach students
Second, successful ESL textbooks most posses content accuracy. Although, this is fairly obvious, textbooks should be continually updated to account for changing content. In these instances, ESL textbooks should have accurate content that does not have any factual errors. Most ESL textbooks do not contact factual errors as the language doesnt change dramatically year to year like other fields such as technology or psychology. Successful textbooks however, do update their content regularly to make it more appealing to a changing user base. For example, some ESL texts provide online tutorials and instruction that can be used in a hybrid learning environment. Until recently, hybrid learning environments were very few with many students leveraging the more traditional approach to in-person classroom settings. Many of the best ESL texts are able to identify changing dynamics in the manner in which students will interact with their material and often update their content to reflect these changes. This ultimately helps the text to remain much more relevant in the marketplace while also avoid obsolescence. In addition, the content must be presented objectively without any biases or slant on the part of the author. As it...…individual to learn a particularly language without having the foundational principles correct. Through a well-structured textbook, students can easily pinpoint the lesson that are challenging and redo them to ensure better understanding. Finally, the textbook should not have any distorted images or charts. The display features, particularly for online learning, should not distract or confuse the student. Now that must textbooks are utilizing online channels; this is becoming less of an issue as publishers are becoming much more familiar with the electronic medium (Johnson, 2009).
The final criteria are related to ancillary materials. Here ESL textbooks should have strong ancillary materials to aid the teacher in their instruction. This is particularly helpful as teachers need to innovate their instruction to accommodate changing student demands and needs. Ancillary materials allow teachers to leverage new and differentiated teaching process, ultimately allows them to grow as instructors. This ultimately helps to provide a much more comprehensive and holistic experience for the students as well
In all, the textbook that exemplified the criteria described above the best was Practice Makes Perfect: English Vocabulary for Beginning ESL Learners, Third Edition. This book incorporates nearly all of the seven criteria described above. In addition, it has many support tools for both students and teachers to leverage within their language learning journey. The book houses nearly 1500 commonly used works that are used in a variety of settings such as school…
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1. Crookes, G. (2003). A practicum in TESOL: Professional development through teaching practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521823056, ISBN-13: 978-0521823050.
2. Farrell, T. S. C. (2005). Succeeding with English language learners: A guide for beginning teachers. Corwin Press. ISBN-10: 1412924391, ISBN-13: 978-1412924399. P3. Johnson, K. E. (2009). Second language teacher education: A sociocultural perspective. New York: Routledge. ISBN-10: 041580079X, ISBN-13: 978-04158007922
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