Skills of the textbook
The third research question, 'To what extent is the
textbook effective in terms of Skills?" was measured
through four items in the questionnaire and the
responses are presented in Table 5.
As Table 5 indicated, 60.9% of teacher state that the
materials provide an appropriate balance of the four
language skills. So, it is possible to say that ‘Spot On’ is a
multi-skills syllabus and therefore, covers and integrates
both productive (speaking and writing) and receptive
skills (listening and reading). However, it does place a
larger emphasis on reading and writing. There are much
more reading comprehension passages than dialogues
and prompts for speaking. Two prominent writers,
McDonough and Shaw (1997) advocate an integrated
multi-skills syllabus because it considers and
incorporates several categories of both meaning and
form.