Abstract
An English language textbook for banking purposes had been designed based on the language needs of EDBI staffs. Consequently, an English course for banking purposes was held at EDBI using the designed book. To ensure about the validity and quality of the textbook, it was evaluated by 2 language experts through an interview before the course and 30 bank’s staffs as the learners through a set of questionnaire after the course. Based on the quantitative and qualitative findings of the study, both language experts and EDBI’s staffs had positive attitudes toward the materials, topics, activities and tasks, language skills and physical appearance of the text book and recognized it relevant to their language needs. However, they asked for some modifications such as edition of misspelling and ungrammatical use of some sentences and additions of new materials such as a glossary and business and banking correspondences to the existing ones. The results of the study became a basis to further improvement and correction until the draft would be finalized as a ready use material. Therefore, some modifications and alternations were conducted based on their evaluations to make the product more valid and more practical. The findings of the present research bear significant implications for materials developers and teachers especially in applying appropriate materials in ESP courses and evaluating the textbooks in the related studies.
Highlights
The textbook has an outstanding role in teaching and learning English especially for specific purposes.they should serve the English course in the best way
How do language experts and Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI)’s staffs assess the quality of the book?. Both language experts and learners of ESP course had positive attitude towards the content, topics, tasks and activities, langue skills/subskills and physical appearance of the book. They believed that the contents of the book were relevant to the langue needs of EDBI staffs and could help them express themselves meaningfully
An English language textbook for banking purposes had already been designed based on the language needs of EDBI staffs for further use of it in ESP training courses of the bank
Summary
The textbook has an outstanding role in teaching and learning English especially for specific purposes. They should serve the English course in the best way. According to McGrath (2006), “course books tend to dictate what is taught, in what order and, to some extent, how and what learners learn”. He believes that textbooks are the most significant part of learning and teaching process and evaluating textbooks as one of the most important tasks to the future success of programs. Richards and Renandy (2002) states that materials evaluation [textbooks] is worth doing as it helps us identify the strengths and weakness of the materials
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