Reflection on tutorial task week 4 & 5
For this task, we are asked to choose
one article regarding to the checklist for evaluating materials and the article
title is “Choosing & Evaluating Textbooks” by Neville Grant. Generally,
evaluation is a process of making judgment on something where in this case, we
are asked to evaluate the textbook by using the Grants’ Checklist. As we are
concerned, it is very important for us to do the evaluation because it can help
us to choose a suitable material for the language learning. Thus, in order for
us to know which books suit the students, we have to do the evaluation.
From the Grant article, there are
three conditions that need to be taken into consideration before choosing a
textbook. Those conditions are the suitability of the students, teacher &
official public teaching (syllabuses or examinations). For the initial
evaluation, we use ‘Catalyst Test’ that consists of 8 criteria that need to be
evaluated which helps us to roughly determine whether it is suitable or not. We
found that, this test is quite easy for the first step before going to a more in
depth evaluation.
Next, for the detailed evaluation, we
used questionnaire to compare two textbooks. We found that for this part, the
questions are understandable and we did not encounter with any difficulties as
we go through the evaluation process using this checklist. We do like this
checklist because it is not complicated. However, when come to evaluate the
textbook using this checklist, it is time consuming for us. Furthermore, for
the in-use evaluation that is the final stage, it needs us to see whether it able
to work in the classroom and applicable for the students or not. Here, we
believe that from the previous stage results, it shows a good signs that the
book that we evaluate is suitable.
To be honest, I really like this
checklist because it is not that hard to comprehend and to be use. Moreover, it touch an important aspect that
need to be take into consideration before choosing a right textbook. Besides
that, through this task I found out that evaluating process is very important for
us to see whether the materials for the language learning fulfill the criteria
or there is a lack on certain parts. Thus, I believe that this task gave me an
exposure on the important aspects of evaluation that will help me to determine
the suitability of the materials in the future later on.
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