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This paper investigates the importance of coursebooks for teachers of English as a Foreign Language. In order to do this, it evaluates the relevance of adopting a textbook as one recourse among other teaching materials or, alternatively, as the very backbone of the teaching practices in the classroom. A crucial concern of this study is to examine whether teachers’ beliefs and the influence of published materials guide the language teaching process. Data were collected through written questionnaires of nine participant teachers. The analysis revealed that coursebooks represent the main language teaching material in the classroom and that the demands of the teachers in relation to these materials are very similar. |
