Language type of the textbook
The third research question, 'To what extent is the
textbook effective in terms of Language Type?" was
measured through four items in the questionnaire and the
responses are presented in Table 6.
As Table 6 indicated, more than half of the students
(57% agreeing or strongly agreeing with the related item)
stated that the language used in the textbook is not
authentic. As Litz (2005) states that since the advent of
the 'Communicative Approach' to language teaching in
the 1970's and 1980's, there has been a growing school
of thought that says that authentic reading, speaking,
listening, writing, and grammatical language models
should be used to teach English language skills as long
as the activities or tasks associated with them are also
authentic and suitably graded to the level of the students
with whom they are being used