CHOOSING A TEXTBOOK AND OTHER PRINTED MATERIALS
By: Professor Sandra Araya Acuña
http://www.guapilesenglishadvisory.blogspot.com/

Choosing the right texts for your students is often not as clear and straightforward as you hoped. Depending on your students the wrong textbook can confuse learning, be time-consuming and waste class time, distort information and even get your students bored.

Textbooks are tools for students, and they have to be student-centered. It requires mediation beyond you as the facilitator and the subject. Therefore, when it is time to select a new book, it is as important as ever to choose one that is effective, relevant and most importantly, one which will lead students towards success in their learning process.

When choosing a textbook, there is criterion to be aware of. These include objectives, budget, readability, subject content, length, relevance, interactivity and organization.

Finally, I really like those textbooks that include CDs for listening exercises, teacher’s resource guides, workbooks and other supplemental materials.