Textbook Evaluation from the Perspective of Developing Reading Skills in Lower-secondary learners

Abstract

This bachelor thesis deals with the evaluation of a selected EFL textbook from the perspective of developing reading comprehension. The theoretical part at first puts reading into the context of English language teaching and learning. Subsequently, it discusses issues concerning developing reading skills that appear on the evaluation list of criteria. Finally, it defines the concept of textbook and discusses its functions and roles in the process of foreign language teaching and learning. In the practical part the individual activities developing reading comprehension are analysed and evaluated according to the list of criteria, which was created on the basis of the findings in the theoretical part.