Developing Writing Skills in Lower-secondary Learners: Textbook Evaluation

Abstract

This bachelor thesis deals with the evaluation of a selected EFL textbook from the perspective of developing writing skills. The theoretical part at first discusses communicative competence together with the skill of writing in the context of English language teaching and learning. Subsequently, the thesis focuses on techniques and approaches in developing writing skills that appear on the evaluation list of criteria. Finally, it describes the concept of a textbook as a teaching aid and presents functions and roles of textbooks in the process of English language teaching and learning. In the practical part, according to the list of criteria, individual activities developing writing skills are analysed on the basis of which a textbook is evaluated.