AN EVALUATION OF "NEW ENGLISH FILE PRE-INTERMADIATE"

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate the material New English File Preintermediate which has been used for the first-year non-English major students at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) since 2010 with a view to suggesting practical recommendations for future improvements of the material. The data collection instruments employed in this study were questionnaires for teachers and students, teachers’ interviews and teacher’s weekly self-reports. The material is analyzed based on the criteria proposed by
Hutchinson & Waters (1987), Cunningsworth’s (1995), Tomlinson’s (1998) and Mc Grath’s (2002) frameworks. The strengths and weaknesses of the material discovered through the study enable the author to conclude that the material responds to students’ needs and interests. Suggestions for better application of the material include adaptation techniques like addition, deletion, replacement, re-ordering and combination. Hopefully, these can help improve students’
English learning quality at the institution.