This document contains a student's analysis of an English as a Foreign Language textbook titled "When English Rings a Bell" for 8th grade students. The student completed a checklist analyzing various elements of the textbook, including that it uses a theme-based unit structure, reflects a multi-skills syllabus, has 12 units with various chapter titles, and includes sections for vocabulary, exercises, language functions, and cultural representation. In their overall impression, the student indicated the book is suitable to be used as a class VIII teaching material and provided no criticisms.
This document contains a student's analysis of an English as a Foreign Language textbook titled "When English Rings a Bell" for 8th grade students. The student completed a checklist analyzing various elements of the textbook, including that it uses a theme-based unit structure, reflects a multi-skills syllabus, has 12 units with various chapter titles, and includes sections for vocabulary, exercises, language functions, and cultural representation. In their overall impression, the student indicated the book is suitable to be used as a class VIII teaching material and provided no criticisms.
This document contains a student's analysis of an English as a Foreign Language textbook titled "When English Rings a Bell" for 8th grade students. The student completed a checklist analyzing various elements of the textbook, including that it uses a theme-based unit structure, reflects a multi-skills syllabus, has 12 units with various chapter titles, and includes sections for vocabulary, exercises, language functions, and cultural representation. In their overall impression, the student indicated the book is suitable to be used as a class VIII teaching material and provided no criticisms.
Direction: Complete the following checklist based on your analysis of the EYL textbook of your choice.
No Categories Write/ type your answers and/ or choose from the
provided option below
1 Book Title When English Rings a Bell
2 (For) Grade 8 Junior High School
3 The book uses theme/ topic- a. YES b. NO
based (unit) structure
The book reflects a multi-skills
4 syllabus (integration of four a. YES b. NO language skills)
5 The number of units/ book 232
chapters
6 Unit title(s) Write all the unit titles here:
1) It’s English Time! 2) Can you play the guitar? 3) Would you like to come? 4) You are invited 5) My Uncle is zookeeper 6) What are you doing? 7) Bigger is not always better 8) I’m proud of Indonesia! 9) When I was child 10) Don’t forget it, please! 11) I am proud of my teacher 12) Mousedeer and Crocodile
7 The book presents/ has a top-up
processing section a. YES b. NO (i.e.: brainstorming/ warm-up section)
8 The book presents/ has a. YES b. NO
vocabulary bank section
9 The book presents/ has
vocabulary building exercises a. YES b. NO (tasks) section
10 The book presents/ has more
receptive skill activities than a. YES b. NO productive skills per-unit/ book chapter *Get the sampling from one of the chapters/ units
11 The book presents/ has more
productive skill activities than a. YES b. NO receptive skills per-unit/ book chapter *Get the sampling from one of the chapters/ units
The book presents/ has
12 section(s) of language function/ a. YES b. NO communicative function
The book presents/ has target
13 language models (grammar, a. YES b. NO conversation and/ or writing samples)
The book has lesson review /
14 topic review sections a. YES b. NO
The book has/ includes the
15 selection of authentic materials a. YES b. NO (used in part/ wholly) The book introduces/ has some cultural representation of the 16 second/ foreign language a. YES b. NO The book introduces some 17 moral lessons/ values integrated a. YES b. NO in the lesson materials
The book presents/ includes
18 colorful pictures (images) and a. YES b. NO other engaging audio/ audio- visual materials
19 The book consistently
introduces/ uses a. YES b. NO characterization (i.e.: fictional character/ persons, animals) throughout the entire chapters
What is your overall impression
20 I feel this book is suitable to be used as class VIII and/ or critical judgment of the book based on the analysis and teaching material because of this. There are no criticisms checklisting that you have done for this book. above? (Write in the next column)
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