International Journal of Language & Linguistics

Kuwaiti EFL Teachers’ Views & Opinions towards Teaching the Textbook (Empower B1) at the College of Basic Education
Mohammad Almutairi

Abstract
EFL teachers in the English language unit, Language Centre, in the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training always seek to improve EFL curricula to keep up with the latest textbooks needed to be taught in their classrooms. The currently utilized textbook for the remedial course 099is Headway, which was introduced several years ago. As an attempt to replace it, a new textbook was proposedin the fall semester of 2018 by the Curriculum Committee (Empower B1). Before assigningthe new textbook Headway B1, EFL teachers in the Language Unit were asked to teach it for one semester as a pilot teaching,and then after their experience, they were enquired about their evaluation. Hence,the purpose of the present study is to explore and investigate Kuwaiti EFL teachers’ views and opinions towards teaching the new textbook (Empower B1) for the remedial course 099.25 EFL teachers have participated in a semi-structured questionnaire, and 5 of them were interviewed. The questionnaire consisted of 12 questions that coveredtwo main branches of textbook evaluation:(Physical Appearance & Format) and(Contents, Units, Activities & Exercises Skills). The findings of this study showed that there was a great inclination toward teaching the new textbook Empower B1,but there werefew EFL teachers who wereagainst introducing the new textbook,claimingitdid not suit their EFL students’ language level.

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