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Evaluating academic writing textbook: teachers’ and students’ perspectives
Ghufron, M. Ali1, Mursid Saleh2.
This study attempts to evaluate the Academic Writing textbook used in English Education Study
Program of Language and Art Education Faculty of IKIP PGRI Bojonegoro, East Java Indonesia.
The book entitled “Writing Academic English” written by Oshima and Hogue was critically
evaluated based on two major points, namely general attributes of the textbook and the learningteaching
content of the textbook. The general attributes of the textbook cover the book in relation
to syllabus and curriculum, the methodology, the book’s suitability to learners, physical and
utilitarian attributes, and efficient outlay of supplementary materials. The learning-teaching
content of the textbook covers general elements (move of the tasks, tasks’ objectives, etc.),
academic writing (specified on research paper writing), vocabulary, grammar, and exercises. The
questionnaires developed to evaluate the textbook were adapted from textbook evaluation
checklist which was developed by Mukundan, Nimehchisalem, and Hajimohammadi (2011). The
results indicate that the lecturers and students were not really satisfied with the book since it does
not represent the students’ needs and requirements of research paper writing for Writing IV
course at the university. The materials provided there are not specified to research paper writing.
However, based on the result of evaluation, the textbook is very good in some points such as the
methodology, physical and utilitarian attributes, outlay of the book, general elements (move of
the tasks, tasks’ objectives, etc.), academic writing (from paragraph writing to various essays
writing), vocabulary, grammar, and exercises in the area.
Affiliation:
- Semarang State University, Indonesia
- Semarang State University, Indonesia
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