I don't like most textbooks I come across? I can use bits of one and bits of the other. But sometimes I completely dislike them...
1. Too much information on the page
2. Lack of cultural sensitivity
3. Replicas of each other
Here's the series I've started on my blog - let me know what you think (there or here).
http://kalinago.blogspot.com/search/lab ... -textbooks
Karenne
Why I don't like most textbooks
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seems like an awesome book
I can surely agree with you that there are way too many books that are full of useless information. I really like what I saw of this book by Scott Thornbury. The only thing I'm not sure of is if it would be good for beginners. I think I would know better if I could see the index and probably first chapter. But otherwise, I really like this book. Thanks for the post.
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Juergen Kurtz has written quite a bit on his blog about the role of the textbook within the ESL classroom:
http://juergenkurtz.wordpress.com/2009/ ... assroom-3/
I for one do not like to use textbooks in class. I think they're designed for the students to use outside of class and really see no reason to stand in front of a group of learners and act as page turner.
The point of a textbook is to create confusion in the students so that they will ask questions. The role of the teacher is to answer those questions.
http://juergenkurtz.wordpress.com/2009/ ... assroom-3/
I for one do not like to use textbooks in class. I think they're designed for the students to use outside of class and really see no reason to stand in front of a group of learners and act as page turner.
The point of a textbook is to create confusion in the students so that they will ask questions. The role of the teacher is to answer those questions.
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