IARTEM e-journal

Picture perfect: ELT textbook images and communicative competence development

2020-07-12T22:10:52+02:00

Images are an important resource in English language teaching (ELT) textbooks. Still, knowledge of how textbook images may support the development of the learner’s communicative competence is still scarce. This paper provides examples of how textbook images can support such a development. The theoretical framework consists of models of communicative competence, the notions of input and output, principles for communicative approaches, as well as key tools for image analysis. As examples relating to the phenomenon under study, Nicaraguan textbooks for the teaching of English in secondary school have been used.

An EFL coursebook evaulation in terms of design and language

2020-12-14T15:56:10+01:00

In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the English language coursebook at a private school sample in Sinop. Private schools are considered better than public schools in general. One of the differences between the two schools is the preference of course books. This study examined the English Language coursebook in terms of design elements under the title of external evaluation and educational elements under the title of internal evaluation. The research design is a qualitative one and the process is carried by two different researchers. The results show that although the coursebook preference is suitable and effective in terms of external evaluation, graphic design, and printing quality; the presentation of four skills in the coursebook is found weak. The reading skill is the most dominant skill and writing skill is the weakest skill. The coursebook needs supportive materials to present other skills effectively. It can be said that the coursebook in this study is not appropriate to teach the four skills in language effectively and it is not suitable for the aims of the English language content defined by MONE.

Environmental scanning in higher education

2020-12-17T14:51:14+01:00

In France, design training in any field, graphic design, product design or social design for example, is provided in universities and higher education institutions. In universities and other higher education institutions, design teachers must continuously renew their resources for design project courses. Indeed, teachers must, on the one
hand, select contemporary work topics and, on the other hand, accompany students in their design work. To acquire their resources, they conduct environmental scanning that includes, among others, documentary sources and other online sources. Our research is based on a qualitative study of fourteen teachers and shows the predominance of the use of digital sources, and the importance of creating a composite set of sources. This work contributes to the understanding of strategies for updating and renewing resources by conducting environmental scanning in an overloaded informational context.

Elements for an editorial in an unusual period

2021-01-28T19:44:02+01:00

Editorial for the 2020-2 issue