Vocabulary Resource in Coursebooks - A Computer-Aided Analysis

Jun Lu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.905.777

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Vocabulary Resource in Coursebooks - A Computer-Aided Analysis

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This paper addresses teachers and researchers of English as a second or foreign language and for coursebook compliers as well. The study reports the vocabulary resource in a set of college English coursebook widely used in higher institutions with the help of computer running RANGE. Based on Cunningsworth (2002) coursebook evaluation theory, in view of several checklist items and the adoption of quantitative and qualitative approach, the result of the analysis shows that the coursebooks fail to provide college students with adequate vocabulary which is necessary for their future communication and career development.

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