An Evaluation of Senior High English under the Textbook System of Cheng Xiaotang

Abstract

With the reform of the new curriculum standard - National English Curriculum Standard (2017 version revised in 2020), scholars have made a breakthrough in the view of the teaching material evaluation. Textbooks are main tools for teachers to carry out and organize instructional activities, and one of essential basic abilities for English teachers is to correctly analyze and evaluate textbooks. It worths exploring the way to enhance teachers’ ability to research and use textbooks. In view of this, this thesis systematically analyse and evaluate Senior High English (SHE) in Cheng Xiaotang’s textbook evaluation method in order to fi nd out whether SHE is consistent with National English Curriculum Standard and assist high school English teachers to achieve secondary development of the textbook.