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SAQ 3: How can coursebooks contribute in the progressionI from dependence on the teacher and the coursebook towards grow-I ing confidence and independence?

3.2.3. Different Learning StylesCoursebooks should facilitate the learning process without imposing a rigidmethod, they should take into account the diversity of individual learning stylesand develop effective individual strategies. The approach adopted by a coursebooktowards learning strategies may not be always explicit but certain learning stylesand strategies will be promoted in the book explicitly or implicitly and it isimportant that these are identified by the teacher.

In the appendix to this unit there are content maps of somealternative coursebooks in use for lower and upper secondary

J classes. Use the guidelines above to compare them. Write your_J opinion in your log.

4. Approaches to Evaluation

Alan Cunningworth (1995) in his book entitled Choosing your Coursebookmentions two ways of approaching the matter of selecting a coursebook, theimpressionistic overview, and the in-depth evaluation.

The impressionistic overview gives you a general impression of a coursebook,when looking quickly through it, noting significant features. "This is whatmost of us would do when sample copies of a new coursebook land on ourdesk (...). This kind of impressionistic overview gives us a general intro-duction to the material." It cannot give us enough details or very reliableinformation to ensure the right coursebook in terms of suitability of the contentand methodology of the coursebook to the concrete teaching situation.

The in-depth evaluation gives more detailed information on the coursebookas a result of a close examination of specific features and of how particularitems are dealt with "particularly those which relate to students' learningneeds, syllabus requirements and how different aspects of language aredealt with".

The in-depth approach is characterized by "its active nature". As Cunningworthsays, "we actively seek out information about the material in line with an agenda

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