Evaluating a new writing material: Students’ perception towards the use of a teacher-made coursebook

Abstract

This study discusses an evaluation of a teacher-made coursebook for teaching essay writing course. Forty students were asked to give their perception of the use of the coursebook in terms of goal, contents, organization and design, and methodology. The analysis of the students’ answers showed that their perception towards the coursebook was positive. The majority of the students said that the coursebook objective was relevant to their needs, the contents were complete, the topics were interesting and were relevant to their needs and interests as well as their sociocultural background, the explanation was easy to be understood, the tasks and activities were attracting and helped them expressed their knowledge, experiences, and interests in a variety of essay types. Similarly, the coursebook was well-arranged from unit to the subunit. Students also said that the methodology used by the coursebook helped them expressed their knowledge, experiences, and interests accurately and fluently.