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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES LÊ THỊ DUNG AN EVALUATION OF “FAMILY AND FRIENDS 3”, AN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK USED FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIET NAM (NGHIÊN CỨU ĐÁNH GIÁ GIÁO TRÌNH “FAMILY AND FRIEND 3” DÙNG CHO HỌC SINH TIỂU HỌC TẠI VIỆT NAM) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code: 60140111 HANOI – 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES LÊ THỊ DUNG AN EVALUATION OF “FAMILY AND FRIENDS 3”, AN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK USED FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIET NAM (NGHIÊN CỨU ĐÁNH GIÁ GIÁO TRÌNH “FAMILY AND FRIEND 3” DÙNG CHO HỌC SINH TIỂU HỌC TẠI VIỆT NAM) M.A MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field : English Teaching Methodology Code: : 60140111 Supervisor : Dr ĐỗTuấn Minh HANOI - 2016 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authority of the thesis submitted entitled: An evaluation of “Family and Friends 3”, an English textbook used for primary school students in Viet Nam In fulfillment of the requirements for thesis and field study report in Master program issued by the Post Graduate Committee Except where the reference is indicated, no other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgment in the text of the thesis Hanoi - 2016 Lê Thị Dung i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am deeply thankful to many people without whose help the present thesis could not have been completed First and foremost, I would like to express my deep indebtedness to my supervisor Dr Do Tuan Minh – the vice president of University of Languages and International Studies, Viet Nam National University Hanoi for his invaluable guidance and endless support His useful advices, comments and corrections help me complete my thesis My sincere gratitude are due to Assoc Prof Dr Le Van Canh and Dr Huynh Anh Tuan for their kindness and generosity in providing suggestions, and helpful advice My thanks are also extended to all my lecturers at Department of Graduate Studies, University of Languages and International Studies, VNU who gave me meaningful lessons and valuable knowledge; from which I know how to conduct my study I sincerely thank the whole group of primary school teachers in Hanoi by whom meaningful data for my thesis was collected Last but not least, I owe the completion of this dissertation to my family, my colleagues and friends who have always given me motivation and encouragement to carry on my thesis ABSTRACT There is no doubt that materials play an important role in language teaching and learning However, no textbook is perfect in a particular teaching situation since there is an mixture of components affecting it such as the aims of the course, students’ interest or students’ ability Therefore, materials evaluation is essential in deciding which textbook should be chosen before applying it to any course This thesis was carried on to evaluate a material which has been in use for primary school students in Vietnam Although it has been in use for a long time as a popular textbook, there is no research checking whether teachers satisfy with it as well as its appropriateness to the teaching situation in Vietnam in term of both appearance and content In order to fulfill the objectives of the study, the researcher found prior studies at the same field to find out different opinions of researchers about textbook evaluation and adaption Then she analyzed the material using the “English textbook evaluation criteria for the school system in Viet Nam” accompanying circular 31/2015/TT-BGDĐT, complied by a group of authors Finally, the researcher conducted a survey on primary school teachers in Hanoi to find how much they satisfy with the material in term of its appearance, methodology, content and skills as well as its user support The result of this survey was compared with the document analysis to answer the research question Some suggestions for adaptations were also given to make the material become more suitable with the teaching situation of Vietnam The findings exhibited that Family and Friends is not against Vietnamese culture and tradition It is not against Vietnamese rules or contain any prejudices The layout and design of this textbook are highly appreciated In addition, textbook user support is also one of strong points of FF3 since it provides very helpful supplementary materials for both teachers and students Besides, in general, its content and skills get quite good comments from teachers However, due to teachers’ opinions, FF3 remains some drawbacks Firstly, as a commercial textbook, FF can not directly promote patriotism, nationalism or political security of Vietnam In addition, sometimes students are not given sufficient tasks to practice skills It needs updating more new and interesting topics for students too To deal with those drawbacks, some adaptation techniques such as adding, re-ordering, simplifying or deleting are suggested for better use of this material in the future LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS VNU: Vietnam National University FF 3: Family and Friends ELT: English Language Teaching PSSs: Primary School Students REFERENCE Brown, J.D (1995) The Elements of Language Curriculum Boston: Heinle & Heinle Publishers Cunningsworth, A (1984) Evaluating and selecting EFL Teaching Materials London: Heinemann Educational Books Cunnings worth, A (1995) Choosing Your Course book London: Heinemann Educational Books Dudley-Evans, T & St John, M.J (1998) Development in English for Specific Purposes Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Ellis, R (1998) The Evaluation of Communicative Tasks in Tomlinson, B, Materials Development in Language Teaching (1st ed, p.217-238).Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Huchinson, T (1987) What’s underneath? 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ĐỗTuấn Minh HANOI - 2016 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I certify my authority of the thesis submitted entitled: An evaluation of “Family and Friends 3”, an English textbook used for primary school students. .. with the teaching situation of Vietnam The findings exhibited that Family and Friends is not against Vietnamese culture and tradition It is not against Vietnamese rules or contain any prejudices