The content of the textbook is very clear. We can see everything from the content. Not only topic in presented here, but also grammar points, activities, phonetic symbols, and the corresponding communicative skills, seven learning fields, and ten basic abilities. Students can thus know clearly what they have learned and what they are going to learn.

contain these ten parts. Sometimes there may be only eight or nine parts in a unit.

The subject of the textbook covers a variety of topic, including nations, food, animals, dating, outer space, asking for directions, finding excuses, etc. These topics are highly related to life. Moreover, the material is up-to-date and thus highly related to students¡¦ interests. Therefore, the subjects can arouse students motivate to learn. The ordering of the materials done by topics is arranged in a logical way. We can observe that from the topic of the units. For example, the topic of Unit One ¡§Where are you from?¡¨ suggested that simple present tense will be taught in this unit; the topic of Unit Three ¡§Where were you last week?¡¨ shows the grammar point here is focus on simple past tense.

After evaluating the textbook, I realize that how tired a teacher would be if he practices all the activities in the textbook. Somehow I can understand why teachers in Taiwan like to use grammar-translation method. It really a convenient way for the teachers!

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