Evaluating and criticizing English and Persian textbooks on Vision 1 in terms of its interdisciplinary and transcendental communication skills.

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SOODMAND AFSHAR HASSAN; Ranjbar Nasser; Yousefi Moslem; Afshar Nasrallah

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Journal: JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION STUDIES Year:2018 | Volume:8 | Issue:21 Page(s): 107-139

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Evaluating and criticizing English and Persian textbooks on Vision 1 in terms of its interdisciplinary and transcendental communication skills.

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SOODMAND AFSHAR HASSAN | Ranjbar Nasser | Yousefi Moslem | Afshar Nasrallah | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

Prospect seriesQ1

Vision 1Q1

English language teachingQ1

Intercultural communicative competenceQ1

Metacultural competenceQ1

Abstract

This article evaluates Prospect series (1, 2, 3) and Vision 1, newly developed local textbooks used for teaching English as a foreign language in the Iranian junior and senior secondary schools. Liddicoats (2002) metacultural and Byrams (1997, 2009) Intercultural communicative competence models were adopted as the theoretical framework guiding the study. First, the textbooks were subjectively analyzed according to the models to see how metacultuural and intercultural knowledge are included. Then, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 teachers of the books (both male and female) to get a better understanding of the issue. The data were audio-recorded, transcribed, and subjected to content analysis. The accuracy and the internal validity of the interviews were ensured using member checking (Bazeley, 2013; Flick, 2014b). The results revealed that some local aspects of the Iranian culture were incorporated in the books, but the major focus was still on grammar and teaching functions. The books, however, were found not to sufficiently deal with metacultural and intercultural knowledge development. Considering teachers accounts, two major themes were identified in the interview data: disassociation of culture from language and Iranianization of the discourse and contents of the textbooks. The article argues that these shortcomings can result in loss of allegiance to the principles of active and self-reliant communicative approach as the foundation of the textbook. The article concludes with some suggestions for revisions for forthcoming revisions of the textbooks.

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SOODMAND AFSHAR, HASSAN, Ranjbar, Nasser, Yousefi, Moslem, & Afshar, Nasrallah. (2018). Evaluating and criticizing English and Persian textbooks on Vision 1 in terms of its interdisciplinary and transcendental communication skills.. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION STUDIES, 8(21 ), 107-139. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/397317/en

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SOODMAND AFSHAR HASSAN, Ranjbar Nasser, Yousefi Moslem, Afshar Nasrallah. Evaluating and criticizing English and Persian textbooks on Vision 1 in terms of its interdisciplinary and transcendental communication skills.. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION STUDIES[Internet]. 2018;8(21 ):107-139. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/397317/en

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HASSAN SOODMAND AFSHAR, Nasser Ranjbar, Moslem Yousefi, and Nasrallah Afshar, “Evaluating and criticizing English and Persian textbooks on Vision 1 in terms of its interdisciplinary and transcendental communication skills.,” JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION STUDIES, vol. 8, no. 21 , pp. 107–139, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/397317/en

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