COURSEBOOK EVALUATION
Presented by Group 5
GROUP MEMBERS
HUYNH KHANH NHU
NGO MINH THU
LE NGUYEN VY KHANH
PHAM KIEU GIANG
TABLE OF CONTENT
I. PROFILE OF THE CONTEXT
II. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
III. EVALUATE CRITERIA
IV. RECOMMENDATION
English Book 8
(old program)
Produced by:
Vietnam Education Publishing House –
Ministry of Education and Training
Price: 14.000 VND
Series of books: English book 6 – 12
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Aims Objectives
• Improve students' English • Get used to communicating
proficiency by combining 4 in easy situations.
English skills through • Improve vocabulary &
lessons familiarize yourself with
sentence structure
Topics
Unit 1: My friends Unit 9: A first-aid course
Unit 2: Making arrangement Unit 10: Recycling
Unit 3: At home Unit 11: Traveling around Viet Nam
Unit 4: Our past Unit 12: A vacation abroad
Unit 5: Study habits Unit 13: Festivals
Unit 6: The young pioneers club Unit 14: Wonders of the world
Unit 7: My neighborhood Unit 15: Computers
Unit 8: Country life and city life Unit 16: Inventions
Grammar:
Tenses: Simple present, Simple future, Present progressive, Past
progressive, Simple past, Present perfect
Sentence structures: Modal verbs, Gerunds, Passive forms,
Reported speech, Comparison
Skills:
Listening – Speaking – Reading – Writing
Achievement
Oral – test
15-minute test
45-minute test
Final test (At the end of each semester)
The syllabus is detailed
THE LEARNING/TEACHING SITUATION
Status of English: An important foreign language in Viet Nam, especially in
Ho Chi Minh city.
Role of English: The foundation course for students to take the final exam as
well as the university entrance exam.
English is a compulsory subject in Viet Nam. All grade 8 students in public
secondary school use this book as their coursebook.
Main reasons for learning English
Complete the training program from grade 1 to grade 12
Basic communication
Developing cognitive ability
Get closer to the international environment
Your English your future
Time/Intensity
• About 105 periods per course
• 45 minutes per period
• About 3 periods per week
=> Not intensive to achieve higher level
Class and Resources
Classroom has 40 – 50
students.
Students: mostly have the
same age & nationality, but
their levels vary.
Resources: Teaching room, library, projector, TV, radio, CDs, and other
facilities are available and useful for teaching and learning.
THE LEARNERS
Ages: 13 – 14 years old
Motivation: depends on interesting topics, texts, eye-catching pictures
and test results.
Their preferred learning style: Visual
Their interests: interesting topics, various tasks
Learners’ previous language-learning experience: English book 6 and 7
Have a general understanding of the cultures of English-speaking
countries
Have basic skills in using English as a simple communication tool
in the form of listening-speaking-reading-writing
THE TEACHERS
Supporter
Teach under the Have to follow the
Evaluator
guidance of the syllabus and depend
training program
Informer on the learners
=> Not have => Not free to
Parents
personal initiative diverge
Planner Friends
Roles of English teachers
AIMS AND APPROACHES
There are relevant and close topics revolving around the students'
daily lives (at school, at home, friends, countryside, city,...)
AIMS AND APPROACHES
Using lots of places belonging to Vietnam, having many
Vietnamese characters in almost situations in many lessons which
help create familiarity and authenticity in the lesson.
AIMS AND APPROACHES
In addition, there are broader topics which aim to expand
students’ knowledge, such as: domestic and foreign travel,
culture, wonders of the world, …
AIMS AND APPROACHES
• It covers something of what is needed (interesting topics,
various pictures to illustrate)
• This coursebook is comprehensive and maybe it is a good
coursebook for teachers and students but not at all.
AIMS AND APPROACHES
This textbook is
quite not flexible
for both teaching
and learning style
nowadays.
DESIGN AND ORGANIZATION
Components make up the total coursebook
Content organized
1. Getting started Organization is acceptable
2. Listen and read
and enough for teachers and
3. Speak
4. Listen students to work together.
5. Read Lay out is clear, it easy to find
6. Write
the way around the
7. Language focus
coursebook.
Content organized
=> Help students brainstorm by
providing pictures to introduce
the content of the lesson.
CONTENT ORGANIZED
=> Provide dialogue which includes
grammar & new vocabulary.
=> Practice dialogue, check comprehension.
CONTENT ORGANIZED
CONTENT ORGANIZED
CONTENT ORGANIZED
CONTENT ORGANIZED
CONTENT ORGANIZED
=> To review and reinforce the grammar sections in the lesson.
Unit 7 Unit 8
- Recycling and revision are adequate because grammar and vocabulary
are recycle in different contexts => Students can increase their
understanding of language items such as its use and meaning.
LANGUAGE CONTENT
Language content
GRAMMAR VS LEARNERS’ NEEDS
- Simple present/past/future
- Future with be going to
- Reflexive pronouns Students need to know and learn
about basic grammar structures to
- Modal verbs
apply in school tests (15-min test, mid-
- Preposition of time term test, final test)
- Adverbs of manners
- Reported speech
- Present/Past progressive
- Present perfect
- Passive form
VOCABULARY
Indoor - Social - Domestic – Foreign – Technology
Basic vocabulary
PRONUNCIATION
Pronunciation work: Phonetic transcription, Word
PRONUNCIATION
- Has individual sounds: vowels,
consonants, others
- Has no exercises to enhance
pronunciation
Students practice pronunciation through audio
Related to social situation
SKILLS
SPEAKING
SPEAKING
Materials for spoken English are not sufficient to
equip learners for real-life interactions.
LISTENING
Audio file
Course book for teachers:
Course book for students:
Audio file
Qualit
Speed Accent
y
True/False/No information
Matching
Fill in the blanks
READING
Reading texts help reinforce students' language learning.
Culturally
accepted
Comprehension questions
Kinds of questions to check understanding are diverse, meaningful for reading practice.
WRITING
The writing part acquaints students with making complete sentences with different topics.
Writing section in the course book is not meaningful for students' actual exam needs.
ALL 4 SKILLS ARE COVERED, BUT THEY ARE NOT EQUALLY FOCUSED.
TOPICS
Indoor - Social - Domestic – Foreign – Technology
INTERESTING TOPICS
• Raise students’ awareness
• Enrich their experiences
Social and cultural contexts
METHODOLODY
Thematic Approach
Methods for teaching…
Reading
Grammar
Listening
Translation + PPP
Writing
Grammar-Translation Presentation
Practice
TEACHER’S BOOK
3 SECTIONS OF INSTRUCTION
TEACHER’S BOOK
Include answer keys
The teachers’ book is comprehensive and suportive.
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• The price is suitable for all students to afford.
• They’re easy to obtain.
• The books are strong, long-lasting with stable paper quality.
• The appearance is not attractive enough.
• There is no coursebook website and supplementary materials
EVALUATION BOARD
Aims and approaches
Design and organization
Topic
Language content
Methodology
Skills
Teacher's book
RECOMMENDATION
- Balance 4 skills
- Add more tasks of free practice
- Improve visual effect
