Amad Ahmed; Araz Al. Bajalan
Abstract
This research is conducted to evaluate of the Sunrise book 11 regarding four skills of English language. The main aim of this study is to present a statistical analysis that explores ...
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This research is conducted to evaluate of the Sunrise book 11 regarding four skills of English language. The main aim of this study is to present a statistical analysis that explores the suitableness and reliability of Sunrise 11 as course book given to 11 stages in schools of ministry of education in Kurdistan region. Shya Basic, Rwanduz, Armusha, And Shamam Schools in Iraqi-Kurdistan –Rwandz city is taken as the research sample. The educational problem is the Sunrise book is considered as a controversial course book, as it is considered relevant in some educational institutes and irrelevant in some others. 75 students participated in this research from all mentioned schools and 35 English language teachers from several schools in Rwanduz city as the sample for the research. A questionnaire of 29 questions was given to the participants to willingly be filled. Then the responds were collected and interred as the data to the SPSS program to be analyzed and then the percentage is taken out of all questions. There are two hypotheses formed in this research to be checked out, Firstly, (There is no association between the quality of Sunrise 11 as a text book and English language learning). The result of the first hypothesis is negative, as the majority of participants illustrated in the tables that they don’t agree with that there is no association between the quality of Sunrise 11 as a text book and English language learning and the opposite is true, which is Sunrise book 11 has a great effect on English language learning. Therefore, the first hypothesis has been rejected by the majority of students and teachers who participated in the questionnaire survey. The suitability and quality of the text book influences the process of teaching and learning.. Regarding the second hypothesis, (Sunrise 11, as a text book doesn’t have principles of English language teaching.), enhanced a negative outcome as well and confirmed as the most participants agreed that Sunrise book11 is a good text book to be taught in schools but needs a good and relevant learning environment like few numbers of students in the class and the necessary facilities (projector, speaker devices, and video/audio players)and also a longer time duration in the class.
