Assignment Task
1. Please read the following:
a. Roberts JT 1996 “Demystifying materials evaluation” (Available in content area)
2. Then answer the following questions:
a. How does Roberts differentiate between Materials evaluation as ‘Total process’ and ‘ Armchair application’?
b. Why does he consider ‘Total process’ to be unrealistic?
c. Why does he feel that checklist designers can only ever offer examples? Do you agree with him?
d. What does he suggest are the advantages and disadvantages of quantitative and qualitative methods of evaluation? Do you agree with his conclusion here?
e. What does he mean by ‘higher order’ questions and what does he suggest should be done with them?
f. Do you have any experience of involving learners in textbook evaluation? What do you think of the ideas he presents?
g. What does the writer claim to be ‘the message of this paper’? Do you agree with it? Why?
