Analysis of Oral Skills Development in the Most Used English Language Textbooks in the Second year of Baccalaureate in Spain

Abstract

espanolEste trabajo examina como se implementa la competencia oral en los libros de texto mas usados en el ultimo ano de Bachillerato en Espana. Usando una herramienta validada en un estudio anterior (Bueno-Alastuey and Luque Agullo, 2015a), se analizaron cinco libros de texto. Los resultados muestran la misma proporcion de tareas dedicadas al desarrollo de destrezas orales y escritas, un nivel B1 segun el Marco de Referencia Europeo (CEFR), y un acercamiento metodologico enmarcado en las corrientes pedagogicas actuales. Estos resultados sugieren que los libros de texto siguen las directrices europeas en cuanto al desarrollo de las destrezas orales, ignorando el enfasis en los aspectos escritos del examen de acceso a la Universidad. EnglishThis paper examines oral/aural competence in the most commonly used coursebooks in the second year of Baccalaureate in Spain. Using a checklist created and validated in a former pilot analysis (Bueno-Alastuey and Luque Agullo, 2015a), five textbooks were analysed. Results showed that the proportion of tasks1 devoted to oral/aural and written skills was similar, that the level introduced was B1 according to the Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR), and that the methodological approach used was consistent with current pedagogical schemes. This suggests that Spanish coursebooks are following the CEFR requirements on oral/aural aspects, overlooking the written focus of the University Entrance exam