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ELT Journal 1997 51(1):29-35; doi:10.1093/elt/51.1.29
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Seeking consensus in coursebook evaluation

Fred Chambers

works at the Chichester Institute of Higher Education, where he is the co-ordinator of the MA (ELT Management) programme. He has taught overseas in Zambia, Ascension Island, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia, and has visited many other countries in a professional capacity. After training as a teacher of Business Studies his experience overseas led him to become interested in ELT, and from there to an interest in management issues in ELT. He has a BEd in Business Studies, an MA in applied linguistics, and an MPhil in soft systems methodology.

Selecting a suitable coursebook is not a simple task, since many people may be involved, and resistance can be strong. Thus, it is preferable for this decision to be made jointly by the whole teaching team. This article shows how a technique taken from the world of management can be used to select coursebooks in such a way that everyone involved can contribute. It shows how selection criteria can be established and weighted, and how coursebooks can be selected using these criteria.


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