English Teachers’ Decision in Utilizing Textbook in Their Classroom
Abstract
This study was conducted at SMAN 1 Manokwari, West Papua. The data were collected through classroom observation and interview with two qualified English teachers in the school. The results showed that the English textbooks provided were the main learning source in teaching reading comprehension. The teachers contextually modified the sequence of the tasks and lessons from the textbooks before assigning them to the students in teaching speaking, listening and grammar. Some factors that were considered by the teachers in selecting materials were the availability of learning materials in school, students’ needs, and students’ level of English competence, school facilities and the national exam. The results of these study consider practical implications to give teachers, practioners, other reserachers and author of textbooks in developing teaching materials to be used in different context of classroom.
Keywords: the 2013 curriculum, decision making, textbook use
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Grammatosi, F., & Harwood, N. (2014). An Experienced Teacher’s Use of the Textbook on an Academic English Course: A Case Study. In N. Harwood (Ed.), English Language Teaching Textbooks (pp. 178–204). https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276285_6
Grant, R., & Wong, S. (2018). Addressing Cultural Bias in ELT Materials. In J. I. Liontas, T. International Association, & M. DelliCarpini (Eds.), The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching (pp. 1–8). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118784235.eelt0315
Graves, K. (2000). Designing Language Courses: A Guide for Teachers. Boston: MA: Heinle & Heinle.
Huang, R., Ozel, Z. E. Y., Li, Y., & Osborne, R. V. (2014). Does Classroom Instruction Stick to Textbooks? A Case Study of Fraction Division. In Y. Li & G. Lappan (Eds.), Mathematics Curriculum in School Education (pp. 443–464). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7560-2_21
Kim, O.-K. (2018). Teacher Decisions on Lesson Sequence and Their Impact on Opportunities for Students to Learn. In L. Fan, L. Trouche, C. Qi, S. Rezat, & J. Visnovska (Eds.), Research on Mathematics Textbooks and Teachers’ Resources (pp. 315–339). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73253-4_15
Kong, F., & Shi, N. (2009). Process analysis and level measurement of textbooks use by teachers. Frontiers of Education in China, 4(2), 268–285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11516-009-0014-1
Lim, S., & Keuk, C. N. (2018). A Sociocultural Analysis of Cambodian Teachers’ Cognitions about Cultural Contents in an ‘Internationally Imported’ Textbook in a Tertiary English Learning Context. In H. P. Widodo, M. R. Perfecto, L. Van Canh, & A. Buripakdi (Eds.), Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials (Vol. 9, pp. 87–110). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63677-1_6
McDonald, C. V. (2016). Evaluating Junior Secondary Science Textbook Usage in Australian Schools. Research in Science Education, 46(4), 481–509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-015-9468-8
Miguel, N. M. (2015). Textbook Consumption in the Classroom: Analyzing a Classroom Corpus. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 198, 309–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.449
Pepin, B., & Haggarty, L. (2001). Mathematics textbooks and their use in English, French and German classrooms:: a way to understand teaching and learning cultures. Zentralblatt Für Didaktik Der Mathematik, 33(5), 158–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02656616
Qi, C., Zhang, X., & Huang, D. (2018). Textbook Use by Teachers in Junior High School in Relation to Their Role. In L. Fan, L. Trouche, C. Qi, S. Rezat, & J. Visnovska (Eds.), Research on Mathematics Textbooks and Teachers’ Resources (pp. 29–51). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73253-4_2
Richards, Jack C. (2014). The ELT Textbook. In S. Garton & K. Graves (Eds.), International Perspectives on Materials in ELT (pp. 19–36). https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023315_2
Richards, J.C. (2001). Curriculum Development in Language Teaching. Cambridge: University Press.
Sidhu, G. K., Kaur, S., & Fook, C. Y. (2018). Analysing the Integration of Moral and Cultural Values through ELT Reading Materials in Malaysian ESL Classrooms. In H. P. Widodo, M. R. Perfecto, L. Van Canh, & A. Buripakdi (Eds.), Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials (Vol. 9, pp. 69–85). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63677-1_5
Silver, R. E., & Steele, R. S. (2005). Priorities in english language education Policy and classroom implementation. Language Policy, 4(1), 107–128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-004-6567-1
Sulfasyah, S., Bahri, A., & Saleh, S. F. (2018). WRITING LESSONS IN GRADE 1 INDONESIAN THEMATIC TEXTBOOKS: A CONTENT ANALYSIS. Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 7(3), 495. https://doi.org/10.17509/ijal.v7i3.9789
Van Canh, L. (2018). A Critical Analysis of Moral Values in Vietnam-Produced EFL Textbooks for Upper Secondary Schools. In H. P. Widodo, M. R. Perfecto, L. Van Canh, & A. Buripakdi (Eds.), Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials (Vol. 9, pp. 111–129). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63677-1_7
Widodo, H. P., Perfecto, M. R., Van Canh, L., & Buripakdi, A. (Eds.). (2018). Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63677-1
Published
2019-06-04
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