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Language Teachers' Perspectives of Learner Centredness of Their Coursebook: The Case of an English Preparatory School at a Foundation University

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  • 1. Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

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Coursebooks are essential instruments for language teaching and learning. Teachers and learners utilize coursebooks in a variety of contexts. It is necessary to evaluate the coursebooks used in language classes to assess if they are good fit for learners and the context. An ideal teaching situation generates a learner-centered language experience because today’s world calls for a more active and communicative performance on the part of language speakers. This study explores if and to what extent the Interchange coursebook of a Foundation School Preparatory School is based on learner-centred teaching principles. Views of language instructors are significant in the evaluation of the learner-centredness of the coursebook which is why language instructors are chosen as the participants of the current study.

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