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Textbook English: A multi-dimensional approach
Elen Le Foll
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 116] 2024
► pp. 25–63

Chapter 3
Research on the language of school EFL textbooks

The state of the art

Article outline
  • 3.1Methodological review
    • 3.1.1Intra-textbook approaches
      • 3.1.1.1Checklist approach to textbook evaluation
      • 3.1.1.2Page-by-page intra-textbook analysis
      • 3.1.1.3Corpus-based intra-textbook analysis
    • 3.1.2Comparative approaches
      • 3.1.2.1Word-frequency list approaches
      • 3.1.2.2NLP methods
      • 3.1.2.3Corpus-based comparisons of ‘real-world’ language to textbook language
      • 3.1.2.4Corpus-based comparisons of textbook language to ‘real-world’ language
      • 3.1.2.5Elicitation approaches
      • 3.1.2.6Adding learner corpora to the equation
      • 3.1.2.7Textbook language as learner target language
    • 3.1.3Evaluating the impact of textbook language
  • 3.2Key findings of Textbook English studies
    • 3.2.1Lexis
      • 3.2.1.1Individual words
      • 3.2.1.2Multi-word units
    • 3.2.2Tense and aspect
      • 3.2.2.1Future constructions
      • 3.2.2.2The present perfect
      • 3.2.2.3The progressive
      • 3.2.2.4Modals
      • 3.2.2.5Conditionals
      • 3.2.2.6Reported speech
    • 3.2.3Pragmatics
    • 3.2.4Spoken grammar
  • 3.3Conclusions
  • Notes