Evaluating the Content of English Curriculum of Intermediate ‎School from EFL Teachers’ Point of View

Abstract

This research aimed at evaluating the textbook ‘English for Iraq’ for the third-year Intermediate grade from the teachers' point of view in the intermediate schools at the center of Mosul city. It also examined the statistical differences between the teachers’ responses referring to gender and years of experience. In order to achieve the purposes of this study, the researchers designed a checklist based on the related literature. A checklist consists of four main domains including 32 items. The sample of the study is chosen randomly from intermediate schools at the center of Mosul city. The total number of samples consists of (103) including (46) males and (57) females. The validity of the instrument was tested by six experts in curricula and teaching methods of English Language. In order to analyze the data, different statistical approaches are used such as percentage, means, standard deviation, frequencies, one sample T-test, independent samples T-test and One Way ANOVA. The study results find out the total score of the textbook evaluation is good for all four domains. The findings also show that there are no statistically significant differences between the views of teachers due to gender and years of experience.