SELECTION AND GRADATION ASSIGNMENT

Name and student Number: Şeyma İrem Candan / 20191974

Name of the textbook: Open Mind – Pre-intermediate level

1. List at least five words which are taught in each unit of the textbook you selected.

Vocabulary items:

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10

1.download 1.amazing 1.rucksack 1.confused 1.classica 1.put away 1.juicy 1.get married 1.field 1.awful
2.upload 2.dull 2.guideboo 2.thrilled l 2.throw away 2.creamy 2.get divorced 2.forest 2.crowded
3.browse 3.fascinating k 3.embarrassed 2.country 3.tidy up 3.spicy 3.get engaged 3.island 3.empty
4.upset 4.hilarious 3.passport 4.exhausted 3.hip-hop 4.hang up 4.crunchy 4.split up 4.lake 4.lively
about 5.weird 4.sunscreen 5.disappointe 4.jazz 5.take out 5.greasy 5.go out 5.river 5.relaxed
5.intereste 5.map d 5.rock
d in

2. List the grammatical structures which are taught in each unit of the textbook you selected.

Grammatical Items:

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10
PAST COMPARATIVE REFLEXIVE PRESENT PRESENT MUST AND TOO, ENOUGH, EXPRESSING MAY, INFINITIVES OF
CONTINUOU S WITH AS…AS/ PRONOUNS PERFECT- PERFECT HAVE TO FOR (NOT)… LIKES, MIGHT PURPOSE
S& NOT AS…AS & EVER/NEVE AND OBLIGATION ENOUGH & DESIRES AND AND WILL &
PAST SIMPLE & MODALS OF R PAST AND QUANTIFIERS PREFERENCE FOR REVIEW OF
SUPERLATIVES PERMISSION & SIMPLE NECESSITY S FUTURE FUTURE
, REQUEST PRESENT & & & POSSIBILIT FORMS
AND OFFER PERFECT SHOULD COMPARATIV GERUND Y
-HOW LONG AND E AND PHRASES AS &
AND OUGHT SUPERLATIVE SUBJECT AND WILL AND
FOR/SINCE TO FOR ADVERBS OBJECT GOING TO
ADVICE

3. Write a paragraph and discuss the answers of the following questions.

A. describing the gradation and selection of the vocabulary and grammatical structures in the textbook.
B. Why do you think such items have been included? Is the textbook and its vocabulary and grammatical items appropriate for EFL learners in your own teaching context?
 As we know, every textbook has vocabulary and grammatical structures included in
its content. I want to inform you about these structures. In this textbook, simple
structures are taught before complex structures. Grammar topics are divided into
units from easy to difficult. For example, the simple past and past continuous tense
was taught as grammar in the first unit. Likewise, basic words were used in the first
unit. In my opinion, the teachability of words is always important in textbooks. This
book evokes words through related pictures or demonstration. In addition,
considering the similarity, the words were selected according to how close they are
to the native language. I can say that very compatible words were chosen in terms of
availability. Besides, if we look at the word frequency, quite basic words are used in
the units, in other words, the words are selected according to the level of the book. I
think it is necessary to include items such as vocabulary and grammatical in the
content of textbooks. These items are important for students to learn what topics
will be covered in each unit before they start working on textbooks. The last point I
want to mention is that this textbook is appropriate for EFL learners in terms of
vocabulary and grammatical items in my own teaching context.