TEXTBOOK EVALUATION AND ADAPTATION: A CLOSER LOOK AT “GREAT WRITING 3” FOR SECOND-YEAR ENGLISH-MAJOR STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS - TECHNOLOGY FOR INDUSTRIES

Abstract

In recent years, evaluating textbooks has been one of the most striking educational tasks not only to ensure training quality but also to enhance the effectiveness of using textbooks. This article presents an evaluation of the textbook “Great Writing 3” that is used for second-year English-major students at University of Economics – Technology for Industries (UNETI). The results indicate that the textbook is essentially relevant to the training objectives and the university’s teaching-learning context. Additionally, based on the results of the evaluation, implications for better use of the textbook are proposed, which could improve the quality of English learning and teaching in the EFL context, and achieve the learning outcome according to the six-level Foreign Language Proficiency Framework for Vietnam.