Abstract
AbstractTextbooks are the only available source/s of teaching and learning English in Pakistani public education system. Whether the textbooks serve their intended purposes as mentioned in the National Curriculum of English, the researchers conducted a mixed methods teachers’-led evaluation to investigate the effectiveness of English textbooks. The study aimed to understand how Pakistani government primary school teachers in the province of Balochistan view the English textbooks of Grades 1–5 and what impacts the effectiveness of the English textbooks. Using an exploratory sequential design, the researchers first recruited 188 government teachers for survey in quantitative part of the study and later selected 12 participants from those who completed the survey for semi-structured interviews in qualitative part of the study. The quantitative findings revealed that the teachers were moderately in favor of the effectiveness of the English language textbooks of Grades 1–5. However, qualitative results reveale...
Highlights
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines education as the development of human knowledge and skills (Education, 2016)
The study aimed to understand how Pakistani government primary school teachers in the province of Balochistan view the English textbooks of Grades 1–5 and examine their perspectives about what impacts the effectiveness of the English textbooks
There was a need for developing a checklist that had an inclusive account of the construct domain of the criteria, and accounts for consistency of the scores created by its items
Summary
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines education as the development of human knowledge and skills (Education, 2016). Technological, and scientific progress relies upon the quality of education given in academic institutions in any society. The implication of the Islamic doctrine is basically the perpetual human development that needs to keep happening due to the continuous process of educating oneself. English is the language of scientific, technological, and academic education all over the world. In this regard, Shamim (2011) observed, “English is the passport to success and upwards social mobility” in many societies where English is either a second or a foreign language Countries such as India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia are taking measures to implement English as a/the medium of instruction to provide quality education (Nunan, 2003)
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