An Evaluation of the Grammatical Components in the First Year SecondarySchool Textbook ‘At the Crossroads’Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the MasterDegree in Language Sciences Studies

Abstract

The findings revealed that teaching grammar was not all the time done implicitly as suggested by the Competency Based Approach, and even the included activities in ‘At the Crossroads’ textbook did not stimulate greatly inferring and communication. The analysis of the data collection via the use of the checklist and teachers’ questionnaire revealed that teachers were not very satisfied with the teaching of grammar in that textbook since lots of factors impeded teaching it under the currently adopted approach, namely Competency-based Approach. On the basis of these results, some pedagogical recommendations are suggested for adjusting grammar teaching in the textbook to be more efficient and in accordance with teachers’ expectations and learners’ proficiency and needs for communication