TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I: INTRODUCTION 1

1. Rationale of the thesis 1

2. Aims of the thesis 1

3. Significance of the thesis 2

4. Scope of the thesis 2

5 Design of the thesis 2

PART 2: DEVELOPMENT 4

Chapter 1: Literature Review 4

1.1. Materials in Language Teaching and Learning 4

1.1.1. Roles of Teaching Materials in General English Courses 4

1.1. 2. Types of Materials 5

1.2. Materials Evaluation 7

1.2.1. Definitions of Materials Evaluation 7

1.2.2. Purposes of Materials Evaluation 7

1.2.3. Types of Materials Evaluation 8

1.2.4. Materials Evaluators 9

1.2.5. Models for Materials Evaluation 10

1.2.6. Criteria for Materials Evaluation 13

1.3 Materials Adaptation 14

1.4. Summary 16

Chapter 2: Research Methodology 17

2.1. An overview of current English Teaching and Learning at BGTTC 17

2.2. Research Methods 18

2.2.1. Research questions 18

2.2.2. Participants 18

2.2.3. Data collection procedures 18

2.3. Summary 21

Chapter 3: Data Analysis and Discussion 22

3.1. Document Analysis 22

3.1.1. The Suitability of the Material to the Aims of the Course 22

3.1.2. The Suitability of the Material to the Content Requirements of the Course 25

3.1.3. The Suitability of the Material to the Methodology Requirements of the Course 29

3.2. Survey Results 31

3.2.1. The Suitability of the Material to the Aims of the Course 31

3.2.2. The Suitability of the Material to the Content Requirements of the Course 32

3.2.3. The Suitability of the Material to Methodology Requirements of the Course 39

3.2.4 Teachers’ suggestions for the materials improvement 40

3.3. Summary of major findings 41

3.4. Recommendations for material improvements 43

3.5. Summary 45

PART 3: CONCLUSION 46

1. Summary of previous parts 46

2. Conclusions 46

3. Limitation and suggestions for further research 46

References I