As we have seen the significance of evaluating textbooks, we are nowconcerned with the ways we evaluate them and the criteria we follow in theprocess of evaluation. Sheldon (1988) maintains that since no one set ofcriteria is applicable to all different situations, we can only commit ourselvesto checklists or scoring systems. He suggests the use of textbook evaluation
sheets in the ELT classroom. The evaluation sheet consists of a list of factorssuch as rationale, availability, layout etc. and rating (poor, fair, good,excellent) and comments will be given at the corresponding space by theevaluator. The whole process of textbook assessment is inevitably a
subjective activity.