An Assessment of English Textbook for Vocational Schools, Book One: From the Viewpoints of Teachers

Abstract

Textbooks play an important role in teaching and learning a foreign language and they are key factors to help learners get enough success in learning a foreign language. Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of a textbook helps acquaint researchers with its potential strengths and flaws. This study was an attempt to The present study aimed to assess of English textbook for vocational Schools book one in Iraq according to Teachers' perspectives. based on Alharbi's (2017) model. To do the study, A total of 100 male and female teachers from Iraq, aged between 35 and 50, specialized in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) at several vocational schools in Najaf, Al-Qadisia, and Karbala City. were selected randomly by the researchers. They were native speakers of Arabic language. Using Alharbi (2017) questionnaire and analyzing the data through SPSS 2016 software, the results showed that the book “English textbook for vocational Schools” is inappropriate in all five constructs proposed in the questionnaire based on the Alharbi (2017) model.