ENGLISH COURSEBOOK EVALUATION

FINAL PROJECT

Elif Sevde Köbüt

200111060

Speed Up Publishing 5th Grade Practice Book

Talip Yurtseven
Speed Up Publishing-Ayrıntı Basımevi
2020

Evaluation Criteria I have Chosen:

Language Content: Grammar
 Checklist for Grammar Items

1. What grammar items are included? Do they

correspond to students’ language needs?
2. Are they presented in small enough units for easy
learning?
3. Is there an emphasis on language form?
4. Is there an emphasis on language use (meaning)?
5. How balanced is the treatment of form and use?
6. Are newly introduced items related to and
contrasted with items already familiar to the
learners?
7. Where one grammatical form has more than one
meaning (e.g., the present continuous), are all
relevant meanings taught (not necessarily
together)?
1) What grammar items are included? Do they correspond to students’ language
needs?
-The book includes grammar items in the MEB curriculum for fifth grade. And they
correspond to students’ language needs.

(pg. 9)
2) Are they presented in small enough units for easy learning?
-Yes. I see examples of these. There are small grammar teaching units above the
grammar activities.

(pg. 13)
(pg. 30)
3) Is there an emphasis on language form?
-Yes. In the book I see they teach structure.

(pg. 111)

(pg. 141)
4) Is there an emphasis on language use?
-There are examples of diverse ways of saying things in the book.

(pg. 89)
5) How balanced is the treatment of form and use?
-There are activities you can only use form and form and use at the same time.

(pg. 60)

(pg. 93)
6) Are newly introduced items related to and contrasted with items already
familiar to the learners?
-Yes, they are related to previous items and contrasted with items already familiar to
the learners.

(pg. 30)

(pg. 112)
(pg. 12)

(pg. 13)
7) Where one grammatical form has more than one meaning (e.g., the present
continuous), are all relevant meanings taught (not necessarily together)?
-No, I see the emphasis on only one meaning. But this is normal for fifth grade
students.

(pg. 141)
(pg. 142)
 My Thoughts

I think in general this book uses enough grammar items for the fifth-grade students. It is
appropriate for their age. Firstly, structures are used in several sentences for the students to
see. Secondly, they see diverse ways to use these words to say the same things. And thirdly,
they use this knowledge in an activity to see how much they learned. And except for the last
checklist item, everything looks okay. Grammar items that are used in this book are from
MEB curriculum for the fifth grade. So, they are suitable for 11-year-olds, and they
correspond to their language needs. The grammar items are in small units to teach easily, and
they are near or above the related grammar activities. And usually, the grammar activities are
integrated to vocabulary activities. There is emphasis on language form and use. Also, the
newly introduced grammar items are usually related to previous grammar items that were
taught. In this way kids learn easier, and they get to use their prior knowledge. In conclusion,
this book is sufficient about teaching grammar to young learners, and it teaches them in a fun
way by not filling them with a lot of information that will bore them.