Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate grade ten students’ English textbook: the case of Bake
secondary school. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used in this study. This
study has used descriptive research design and using multi stage sampling technique, 1st the
Woreda was selected purposely, 2nd the school and unit of the book were selected by lottery
method, Finally, from a total 325 of population 78 students and five teachers were selected by
systematic and comprehensive sampling, respectively. The data for this study were collected
through questionnaires, interviews and document analysis using checklists. Then, the data were
analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Quantitative data has been analyzed by descriptive
statistics, using SPSS software (percentage and frequency). On the other hand, the data from
open ended questionnaires, interview and text books analysis were analyzed qualitatively. The
findings of the study show that teachers and students had positive idea towards grade ten
students’ English textbook. In addition, they gave useful comments which were useful not only to
strengthen the good points of the textbook, but also to improve its weaknesses. Though the
textbook has many strong sides, both teachers and students point to some weaknesses in textbook
in terms of its glossary list, shortage of time to cover the stated objectives, lack of models for
final achievement tests, placing listening texts in the text book which would have been put in the
teacher’s guide and missing to include pronunciation lesson. The studies conclude that the
textbook is not expensive, its size is not suitable to the students to handle and sufficient numbers
of vocabulary list/ glossary are not included. Finally, the study recommends that respected
education officials should add appropriate glossary at the end of the textbook for the benefit of
both teachers and students; sufficient time should be allocated to cover the stated objectives, the
listening text should be placed to the teacher’s guide, and appropriate pronunciation
tasks/contents should be included.
