TeachingEnglish
Coursebook
Submitted by TE Editor on 19 June, 2008 - 18:55
I have to use only the book
19% (126 votes)
I just use selective items from the book
9% (58 votes)
I have to use some things from the book but can also use other materials
39% (254 votes)
I can use whatever I like
17% (110 votes)
I get my students to decide
3% (20 votes)
I don’t have a coursebook
13% (88 votes)
Total votes: 656
Most teachers have a coursebook to use with their students. Some are able to choose how much of the book they use and adapt other materials to suit their students' needs.
How much choice do you have with your coursebook?
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I think teaching a language with coursebooks finished its mission.though ,all over the world , everybody accepts that learning by doing is the best way of learning we still force our students to study on a death object. If language, itself, is alive we should end this death style of teaching.
when I become teacher in course, i will take my student's opinions.
I think this thing is very important to improve my teaching
The students themselves wihh become happy and enjoy with this course
I always respect my student's point of view.
I want reply on my comment
tanx,,,,,,,,
i use the coursebook that my language department supplies as the text was carefully chosen to suit the objective of the course.
Moreover, it acts as a guideline for me to follow the sequence of the topics/chapters while at the same time adhering to the syllabus given. I think that the content in most of the good language books are well organised. For example,there is a gradual level of mastery for each language component. (e.g noun > adjective > adverb > etc )
In addition, I use other references from the collection of books that I bought and exercises to supplement the information from the coursebook.
In my opinion coursebooks don't let the teachers be creative. In modern methodology they say we must teach according to the needs of our students. As far as the classes are filled with different students with different abilities it is not a very good idea to prescribe a coursebook to all.
In Iran our teachers believe that a successful class is the one whose teacher tries to teach what the students need not what the coursebook orders them to do.
Amir Abbass Ravayee
Creativity is in the teacher, not in the coursebook.
Since you can't have twenty different coursebooks in a class nor can you take 'orders' from a manual, let's listen to your students and use whatever coursebook you have creatively. If we teach according to the needs of our students, I think we must take into consideration their need for a concrete path to follow, to reflect on, to go back to and, finally, to overcome.
Marcella Montanaro
I think, a course book or textbook is an useful material for fresh teachers in their first teaching years.In fact they need to select a course book to control the class effectively, and also it can provide different things for them. They plan hours and lessons by having a course book.