PART
SIX
SOME
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
6.I.
ANSWERS TO THESE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
a)
What is the cost of course package?
The Starter Pace Setter costs of 14.000.000 Turkish Lira.
b)
Is the book strong & long lasting?
The book is of high quality with its content and glossy papers. It is sticked together carefully.
c)
Is the book attractive in appearance or easy to get?
The book is very attaractive with its colourful pictures, drawings and writings. Dialogues are given in such a colourful pictures that students can easily be motivated to the subject and imagine the situation and be able to put himself in that situation. (see Appendix A9)
The book can easily be got from shaps in Kadýköy especially RFÞ Oxford Press.
d)
Is there a laboratory?
Unfortunately there isn’t ony laboratory in school that Pace Setter is used.
Teachers
of Kadir Has School aren’t in favour of a language labrotaroy as it prevents
the communication between teacher and
student.
PART
SEVEN
7.I.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS
I prepared a questionnaire including seven questions. In this section; I will present the result of this questionnaire that is applied are of the teacher who use Starter Pace Setter as a coursebook. (See Appendix A10)
I only present here the answers of three questions as;
7.I.1.
What methodological approach does teacher usually adopt?
The teacher usually adapts communicative and grammar based methods to her teaching.
7.I.2.
How free is the teacherto unange the content and methods of her teaching?
She’s free enough to change te content and methods according to the level of class or their interests.
7.I.3.
Do teachers have the right to adopt or supplement teaching material?
She determined that she usually adopts or supplements teaching material.
7.I.4.
How many hours per week do learners have?
(In prep classe) 15 hours for grammar
7 hours for skills
2 hours for videa each week
7.II.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS
In this section I’u give you the results of questionnaire that is applied to thirty students in Kadir Has High School. (see Appendix A)
* How old are they?
% 10 percent of them are 16 years old
% 60 percent of them are 14 years old
% 3’ü percent of them are 15 years old
* Characteristics of on ideal teacher
being cheerful, young, female, clever, successful, patient, pleasant
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PREVIOUS
EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS
AN
IDEAL COURSEBOOK
According to students there must be in an ideal book;
interesting subject, a lot of writing part, more songs game, and information about fomous films.
THE
AIM FOR LEARNING ENGLISH
They want to learn English as it is international language and they think it will be useful in their future.
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EVALUATION
AND SUGGESTIONS
I analysed The Starter Pace Setter according to some basis as how it sees language process, ýts syllabus type, how it deals with four skills; speaking listening, reading and writing.
To sum up there become some results. Although the coursebook has some group work activities Teachers don’t accept to do this because of the conditions of the class and time restriction. But they have times as they don’t do this activities they can enlarge the book’s activities according to learner’s learning style.
With the results of questionnaire of students it is understood that they want to have more colourful and informative books. This book; Although being seen suitable to learners its grammer practice and workbook aren’t creative and don’t let student’s to think in second language.
There may be more creative activities in student’s book as a project work to activate students congitive process.
REFERENCE
1.
Cunnigsworth, Alan, Choosing Your Coursebook, The Bath
Press A Devision Heinneman Publishers Ltd., Oxford, (1995).
2.
Richards and Rogerds, S. Approaches and Methods in Language
Teaching. (1986).
3.
Austin
Liz, Stronge Derek and Hall Diane, Starter Pace Setter Teacher’s Book,
Oxford University Press (2000).