前言 / 010 Introduction / 0010 1The statement of the problem / 001 02The significance of the study / 002 03The background to the study / 004 04The objectives and justifications of the study / 006 05Key terms / 006 06Overview of the book / 012 1A review of textbook evaluation / 014 11Perceptions of the role of textbooks / 014 12Teachers current practice and need to evaluate textbooks / 026 13The need for a working model of textbook evaluation / 032 14Existing models for evaluating textbooks / 034 2Design and methodology / 061 21The research questions / 061 22Subjects / 061 23Methods / 062 24Data collection procedures / 066 25Type and form of data collected / 066 26Data analysis / 068 27Discussion / 093 3English Curriculum Standards(2001) and EFL instructional materials / 100 31Introduction / 100 32The definition of ‘standard’ / 100 33An analysis of English Curriculum Standards(2001) / 102 34The relationship between the Standards and materials / 116 4Needs Analysis / 119 41Introduction / 119 42The definition of needs analysis / 120 43Types of needs / 121 44A student needs analysis / 124 5Creation of an evaluation model / 130 51Introduction / 130 52Bases for the creation of evaluation model / 130 53Basic principles for the creation of evaluation model / 132 54An evaluation model / 137 6Validating individual criteria-examples / 150 61Example one / 150 62Example two / 160 7The application of the model: a case study / 170 71Fun with English(9B): the book to be evaluated / 170 72Steps in the evaluation / 170 73External evaluation of Fun with English(9B) / 170 74Internal evaluation of Fun with English(9B) / 172 75An overall evaluation of Fun with English(9B) / 181 8Conclusion / 183 81Major findings / 183 82Implications / 189 83Recommendations for further research / 195 Appendix / 196 Appendix 1 / 196 Appendix 2 / 204 Appendix 3 / 210 Appendix 4 / 211 Appendix 5 / 213 Appendix 6 / 217 References / 219 Textbooks referred / 237 Postscript / 238