“Life A1-A2” Coursebook Evaluation and How to Exploit it from Teachers’ Perspectives at Thai Nguyen University of Economics and Business Administration

ELT

Inappropriate use of coursebooks may de-skill teachers and tire students. This paper explores the role of Life A1-A2 coursebook in EFL teaching based on teachers’ evaluation and suggests how teachers can make effective use of the coursebook together with its online supports. It mainly applies to the teachers at TUEBA and educational institutions that have been using this coursebook. The first part of the paper refers to the role of coursebooks in general, their impact on teaching and learning processes. The second part of the article is an attempt to demonstrate how LIFE A1-A2 can be appropriately exploited by using important processes such as evaluation, selection, adaptation and supplementation. The research results reveal that despite some weaknesses in terms of unfamiliar cultural contents, inadequate activities for grammar and vocabulary and errors related to typing and mismatched content in its software, this coursebook is useful for EFL teaching and learning. This study can be a useful source of reference for English teachers who are considering the authenticity of a textbook.

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