CONTRASTING TWO IRANIAN ESP TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY TEFL EXPERTS AND FIELD-SPECIALISTS

Abstract

With the growth of English for specific purposes (ESP), a large number of textbooks have been published for different areas of specialization by different publishers. Therefore, on the basis of the importance of textbooks as one of the elements in curriculum which will guarantee effective teaching and learning in EFL/ESL courses and the necessity of textbook evaluation for selecting an appropriate textbook, this study tried to evaluate two ESP experts. To this end, a checklist, including twelve items selected from different checklists prepared by different authors, was used. The results were listed clearly and logically to provide readers with a vivid picture of evaluating and contrasting procedure.