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2024 - Volume 7 - Number 1

EFL Teachers’ Perspectives Towards the Use of Textbooks in Classroom

Karla Cecillia Cornejo Martinez * ORCID: 0000-0002-6446-1004
University of Guanajuato, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO

Open Journal for Studies in Linguistics, 2024, 7(1), 33-40 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsl.0701.04033c
Received: 1 June 2024 ▪ Revised: 20 August 2024 ▪ Accepted: 27 August 2024

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
This paper addresses the research of exploring EFL teachers’ perspectives towards using textbooks, their strategies, and challenges in using the textbook in the classroom. The participants of the study were a diverse group of teachers at the language department at the University of Guanajuato, in Guanajuato, Mexico, encompassing various levels of teaching experience and proficiency levels. This was a case study utilizing the qualitative method as the approach, semi-structured, was conducted. The results showed that the perceptions were neutral towards using this material; the participants recognized the benefits and the disadvantages of using instructional material. There were two main difficulties expressed by the teachers: meaningful learning and cultural awareness. Overall, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of the complexities involved in textbook use in EFL classrooms. Finally, these research findings are expected to help other EFL teachers make well-informed choices about textbook selection, adaptation, and enrichment to improve teaching and learning outcomes.

KEY WORDS: teachers’ perspectives, textbooks, EFL.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Karla Cecillia Cornejo Martinez, University of Guanajuato, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO.

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