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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

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.

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.

How true, Oxford Blues, how true!

Welcome to the forums, by the way!

Thanks Fluffy!