( دراسة منشورة ) تقويم لسلسلة كتاب Flying High في المرحلة الثانوية من وجهة نظر المشرفين التربويين والمعلمين والطلبة في محافظة القريات بالمملكة العربية السعودية

European Journal of Social Sciences Volume 52 No 4 August, 2016 An Evaluation of the English Language Textbook Series "Flying High" for Secondary Schools from Supervisors’, Teachers’ and Pupils’ Perspective in Al-Qurayyat Governorate in Saudi Arabia Ayedh Hamed Alanzi and Ahmed Al-khawaldeh    : Abstract The present study attempted to evaluate Flying High for Saudi Arabia (FHSA) series for the secondary stage in light of seven domains which embodied general appearance, topic content, social and cultural contexts, language content, teaching methods, language skills and learning objectives. The researcher used a close questionnaire of 60 items which was given to EFL supervisors, teachers and students while the other instrument was a set of interviews with teachers. The sample of the study randomly consisted of 5 supervisors, 40 teachers and 220 students. The supervisors’ sample consisted of all supervisors in the above governorate while the teachers’ sample represented all teachers' who were teaching Flying High textbooks in the secondary stage. Results revealed that the respondents agreed on the suitability of Flying High textbooks series. The Supervisors and teachers had positive view about the textbook Practice and Testing. There were statistically significant differences between male (supervisors & teachers) and female (supervisors & teachers) in their perspective about the General Appearance of the textbook in favor of male supervisors and teachers. Meanwhile, students had positive view about the General Appearance of the textbook. There were statistically significant differences between male and female students in their perspective about the appropriateness of Flying High textbook for Saudi Arabia in terms of the general appearance, Topic Content, language content, teaching methods in favor of female students. In light of the findings of this study, the researcher presented a set of recommendations to the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia ,fellow researchers and English supervisors and teachers. Keywords: EFL/ ESL Curriculum evaluation, Saudi EFL curriculum, Flying High English Curriculum, curriculum development

Book Review - Classroom-based evaluation in second language education

Book Review

Classroom-based evaluation in

second language education

(by Fred Genesee & John A. Upshur (1996

ISBN: 05215666819, hard: 0521562090

Cambridge University Press Pp. xiv + 268.

This book is very useful for classroom EFL teachers. Its purpose is to inform teachers of the 'how' of ongoing and summative classroom assessment. The authors squarely base this practically oriented book in the classroom. They mostly discuss techniques for collecting and assessing information that can be used for evaluatingand assessing students. It also considers evaluating instructional effectiveness, so many of the techniques are also appropriate for classroom-based research. The term 'evaluation' in the title does not simply refer to course evaluations.

The book is extremely easy to read. The authors avoid technical expressions as far as possible without oversimplifying. The book is written in the first- and second-person, so the tone is friendly.

Very clear graphs and diagrams help the reader conceptualize and integrate the ideas from the book.

- Reviewed by Robert Croker

Curriculum Approaches in Language Teaching: Forward, Central, and Backward Design

Research Methodology

.I advise beginner researchers to read this book.

It's  a guide and give a clear image about research methodology. 

TEXTBOOK EVALUATION AND ELT MANAGEMENT:A SOUTH KOREAN CASE STUDY

Textbook Evaluation