HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES **************** TRẦN THỊ MINH TRANG EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF THE NEW TEXTBOOK TIẾNG ANH 10 DEVELOPED UNDER THE NATIONAL 2020 PROJECT (Đánh giá chất lƣợng của bộ sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh 10 mới biên soạn trong khuôn khổ của Đề án Ngoại ngữ Quốc gia 2020) MA. MINOR PROGRAM THESIS Major: English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Hanoi - 2016 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES **************** TRẦN THỊ MINH TRANG EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF THE NEW TEXTBOOK TIẾNG ANH 10 DEVELOPED UNDER THE NATIONAL 2020 PROJECT (Đánh giá chất lƣợng của bộ sách giáo khoa Tiếng Anh 10 mới biên soạn trong khuôn khổ của Đề án Ngoại ngữ Quốc gia 2020) MA. MINOR PROGRAM THESIS Major: English Teaching Methodology Code : 60140111 Supervisor: Prof. Hoang Van Van Hanoi - 2016 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION I, Trần Thị Minh Trang, hereby certify that this thesis is the result of my own research and the substance of this thesis has not, wholly or in part, been submitted for a degree to any other university or institution.
Hanoi, 2016 Signature Trần Thị Minh Trang i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my special and sincere thanks to my supervisor, Prof. Hoang Van Van, who has given me great help with this thesis. Without his experienced guidance, valuable suggestions and dutiful supervision, my research would be far from finished. I also wish to acknowledge my debt of gratitude to the staff members of the Postgraduate Department and the lecturers at College of foreign Languages, Vietnam National University for their valuable lectures, which provide me with scientific knowledge that help to fulfill the study.
I am also thankful to many teachers of English and students at upper secondary schools in Ha Nam, teachers of English in certain upper secondary schools in Ha Nam Yen Bai, Dien Bien, Hai Duong, Vinh Phuc, Son La Provinces for answering the questionnaires and interviews. Last but not least, my thanks go to my family, especially my husband, who has given me so much love, patience and encouragement. ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ABSTRACT The basic goal of material evaluation is selecting teaching materials which are appropriately relevant for a particular teaching context. The current study aimed at evaluating the quality of the New Textbook Tiếng Anh 10 developed under the National Foreign Language 2020 Project to get feedback from teachers teaching it and students learning from it so as to establish its strengths and weaknesses and to see if it is suited to the teachers and students.
The study results showed that the New Textbook Tiếng Anh 10 meets almost all criteria given and seemed to be highly suitable for Upper Secondary Vietnamese teachers and students and also got positive feedbacks from teachers and students. However, there is something that needs to be done to improve the quality of the materials. The research consists of four parts. The first part introduces the rationale, aims and objectives, research questions, scope as well as the significance of the study.
The second part is concerned with the literature review that the study mainly based on; the methodology that the researcher used to carry out this study as well as the findings and discussion.Basically, Tieng Anh 10 was written with the high quality, meeting most of the criteria for a modern language textbook. In particular, it suits the teachers teaching it and students learning from it. The last part provides a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the textbook as seen from the point of view of the teachers and students‟ evaluation. It also and points out some limitations of the research and make some suggestions and recommendation for further study.
iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS DOET Department of Education and Training CEFR The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages EFL English as a Foreign Language ESL English as a Second Language ELT English Language Teaching GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education MOET Ministry of Education and Training NFL The National Foreign Language TA 10 The New English Textbook, Tiếng Anh 10 LIST OF CHARTS Chart 1 Teachers and Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on Each Category Chart 2 The evaluation of the teachers on nine categories Chart 3 The evaluation of the students on the seven categories LIST OF THE APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Questionnaire for teachers of the New English Text Book, Tiếng Anh 10 APPENDIX 2 Questionnaire for students of the New English Text Book, Tiếng Anh 10 APPENDIX 13 Transcrips of the interviews for the teachers and students iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION. iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. iv LIST OF CHARTS. iv LIST OF THE APPENDICES.
iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. Rationale for the Study. Aim of the Study. Scope of the study.
Significance of the Study .3 CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW .2 Teaching and Learning English in Vietnam under the National Foreign Language Project Entitled: “Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System, Period 2008-2020” .1 Teaching and Learning English at Upper Secondary Schools in Vietnam .2 The National Foreign Language 2020 Project .3 The Pilot English Curriculum for Vietnamese Upper Secondary Schools .5 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.3 The New English Textbook, Tiếng Anh 10. Roles of Textbook. The Needs for Textbook Evaluation. Quality Standards for Textbook.
Textbook Evaluation Methods. Related Studies on Evaluation of the Textbook .1 Sites of the Research .2 The Subject of the Research:.1 Questionnaire and Interview. Methods of Data Analysis .26 CHAPTER 3 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION.3 Teachers and Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on Each Category. Teachers‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Objectives” Category.
Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Contents” Category .29 vi LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Teachers and Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Layout and Design” Category. Teachers and Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Topics” Category. Teachers and students‟ evaluation of the textbook on “Language Skills” Category.
Teachers‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Methodology” Category. Teachers and Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Types of activities” Category. The Teachers‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Teaching aids” Category. Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Supplementary materials” Category.
Teachers‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Linkage” Category. Teachers and Students‟ Evaluation of the Textbook on “Cultural values” Category .4 Summary of the main findings .1 Main findings for research question 1 .2 Main findings for research question 2 .3 Main findings for research question 3.40 PART C: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS. Suggestions for Further Studies. I vii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART A: INTRODUCTION 1.
Rationale for the Study English is one of the most common international languages in the world. Learning English helps students form and develop their English communicative ability by practicing listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. English learning is also a beginning step in forming and developing long-life studying skills, working ability in the future and cultural-social activity participation at the same time. Besides, English study gives students a chance to form their idea-expressing ability confidently, independently and creatively.
With the thorough understanding of the importance of English, the quality of English teaching and learning has attracted considerable interest from the society. Such issues as the quality of teachers, facilities, and curriculum have been widely discussed in the media. In order to have a quality curriculum, the quality of the textbooks plays an extremely important role. Nevertheless, a countless number of English textbooks are available on the market today.
The eyes can easily be deceived by colorful covers, a beautiful layout and attractive artwork. As an inexperienced teacher it can be particularly difficult to know what to look for a good textbook for use. Therefore, the selection of a course book is one of the most important decisions a teacher will make to have a textbook that involves matching the material against the context in which it is going to be used, following the aims of the teaching program, as well as fitting the personal methodology of the teacher. In 2008, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has implemented its policy of radical and comprehensive reform, in which the quality of education, teachers and textbooks has received a lot of special attention.
When working on the national project “Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System, period 2008 - 2020”, at the end of 2012, MOET approved “Pilot English Curriculum for Vietnamese Upper Secondary Schools” continuing the Primary and Lower Secondary Pilot English Curriculum and assigned Vietnam Education Publishing House to organize the writing of the set of textbooks, 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com including Tiếng Anh 10, Tiếng Anh 11 and Tiếng Anh 12. This set of textbooks is being piloted in some selected upper secondary schools nationwide. But there has not been any research to evaluate its quality in a large scale. For this reason, in this minor thesis, I will attempt to conduct a preliminary research to evaluate the set of textbook The New English Textbook Tiếng Anh 10 compiled by Vietnamese authors of Vietnam Education Publishing House in collaboration with English native authors of Pearson Publishing House.
Aim of the Study The aim of the study is: To evaluate the quality of the New English Textbook Tiếng Anh 10, from the point of views of its users (teachers and students) so as to find out its strengths and weaknesses and to see if it is suited to the teachers and the students. To what extent does Tiếng Anh 10 suit the teachers who are teaching it? 2. To what extent does Tiếng Anh 10 suit the students who are learning from it? 3. What are the strong points and weak points of the new textbook Tiếng Anh 10? 4.
Scope of the study Given the aim and the research questions, the study is confined to the evaluation of the new set of high school English textbook, Tiếng Anh 10. The study will focus on establishing the criteria for the evaluating the new textbook Tiếng Anh 10 (including Student‟s Book, Teacher‟s Book and Workbook, Audio CD) to ask teachers and students who are using the material to evaluate whether the teachers can use it to teach and the students can learn from it. Significance of the Study This study can be significant in some ways. First, the study aims at getting the evaluative feedback from teachers and students working with this material in order to see how suitable it is for their teaching and learning context and to establish its strengths and weaknesses.
The more significant intention, the researcher has expected that the study will be of some value to textbook writers and upper secondary English teachers in Vietnam. 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Introduction This chapter will explore the literature to establish the evaluation criteria, formulate a problem or research enquiry and will define the value of pursuing the line of enquiry established. The first part of the literature review will be involved in the teaching and learning of English in Viet Nam under the National Foreign Language Project entitled “Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System, Period 2008-2020”, in which, teaching and learning English at upper secondary schools and the pilot foreign English curriculum. The second part of the literature review will look at issues related textbook evaluation such as roles of textbook, the need, quality standard and method of textbook evaluation.