Özet:

  Teaching and learning materials which directly affect classroom instruction constitute the core of a language curriculum. Particularly textbooks are considered to be a crucial component of language programs since they serve as the basis for much of the language input besides as a form of teacher training which foster language instruction (Richards, 2001). Textbooks obviously play a significant part both in the professional lives of teachers and in the learning process of students turning ELT textbook publishing into a multi-million pound industry today. This study aims to reveal and compare university preparatory students’ opinions about two popular ELT textbooks in Turkey: Global by Macmillan and Face2Face by Cambridge. The data have been collected with a questionnaire developed by Çakıt (2006) from 488 students at Dokuz Eylul University, School of Foreign Languages, half of whom have been using Face2Face as a textbook in the classroom while the other half have been taught English with Global. The data have been analyzed statistically with SPSS packet program and the results show that the students find Face2face more suitable for their level, easier to follow and more beneficial for their learning than Global. 

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