Mara lúcia fabiano soares the importance of coursebooks for teachers of English as a foreign language

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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“Education always implies change, but 
foreign language education implies social change” 
Claire J. Kramsch 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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ABSTRACT 
 
This paper investigates the importance of coursebooks for teachers of English as a Foreign 
Language. In order to do this, it evaluates the relevance of adopting a textbook as one recourse 
among other teaching materials or, alternatively, as the very backbone of the teaching practices in 
the classroom. A crucial concern of this study is to examine whether teachers’ beliefs and the 
influence of published materials guide the language teaching process. Data were collected 
through written questionnaires of nine participant teachers. The analysis revealed that 
coursebooks represent the main language teaching material in the classroom and that the demands 
of the teachers in relation to these materials are very similar. 
KEYWORDS: textbooks, teaching materials, EFL.