An analysis of the textbook of grade nine

Abstract

The Research entitled An Analysis of the Textbook of Grade Nine is an attempt to analyze the English textbook of grade nine in terms of contents, language skills, and exercises and find out its strengths and weaknesses. This is a survey research design. The secondary data were used only for the study. I prepared a checklist and collected the data for my research. Then, the data were analyzed on the basis of the theoretical framework mentioned or proposed by Mc Donough and Shaw(2003) and Harmer (2008).Some of the main findings of the present research study are: The authentic language is used in the textbook. The textbook is used to increase the vocabulary of the students. Contents are sufficient for the course as well as suitable for the learners. Instructions are clear and exercises are very interesting. The textbook has also interesting contents which are relevant according to topic. Similarly, it was also found that the presented language skills and aspects are scientific because they follow the natural order. The exercises presented in this textbook are suitable for the learners and the pictures are also relevant.This textbook promotes the communicative method. However, there is no uniformity in number of exercises. The textbook includes the more imaginative(Think and Act) exercises. It ignores the appropriateness of the situation. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter consists of introductory part. It deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter deals with reviews of related literature, theoretical literature, review of empirical literature and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes methods and procedures of the study. The four chapters analyze and interpret of the data descriptively and analytically. Chapter five presents the findings, conclusion and recommendations. The references and appendices are the concluding parts of the study.