Spanish teachers’ representations about the textbook

Authors

  • Glória Cortés Abdalla Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brasil

Keywords:

textbook, representations, Spanish as a foreign language

Abstract

This paper aims to reveal Spanish teachers’ representations related to the textbook and to discuss the reason for its selection, adaptation and use as one of the materials in foreign language teaching. The study was developed in two stages: data was collected with students from a Spanish teacher education course in 2009 and in 2011. Results show the importance of developing awareness in pre-service and in-service teacher education about the choice of textbooks.

Author Biography

Glória Cortés Abdalla, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brasil

Glória Cortés Abdalla holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from PUC-SP. She is currently teaching at Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUCSP) and Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP). Her research interests include: Course and Material Design and Evaluation, Genre Studies and Languages for Specific Purposes.

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Vol. 34 No. 2 (2013)

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