Subject and content
The fifth research question, 'To what extent is the
textbook effective according to Subject and content in the
textbook?" was measured through five items in the
questionnaire and the responses are presented in Table
2.
As Table 7 indicated, one third of the students (39.1%
disagreeing or strongly disagreeing with the related item)
stated that the subject and content of the textbook is not
relevant to students' needs. One third of the students
(34.8% somewhat agree) state that the subject and
content of the textbook is partially relevant to students'
needs. More than half of the students (60.8% agreeing
or strongly agreeing with the related item) stated that the
subject and content of the textbook is generally realistic.
The reading passages of the textbook are scripted from
scientific articles, and so, their content is realistic. For
example, some reading passages are about “Emotional
Intelligent, a living scientist, Study skills, friendship rules,
independence war personality types, learning styles,
body care etc”. More than half of the students (56.5%
agreeing and strongly agreeing) sated that the subject
and content of the textbook is interesting, challenging and
motivating.