EVALUATION OF NEW COLLEGE ENGLISH （BOOK ONE ＆ TWO ） IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE SKILLS

摘要

This study sets out to conduct an informed post-useevaluation of a general College English textbook intended forNon-English majors, New College English (Book One & BookTwo), produced by Zhejiang University, with the aim ofassessing its effectiveness in promoting language learning. Theevaluation adapts a procedure of three phases: 1 ) an in-depthanalysis of the materials in terms of its content andmethodology, 2 ) a retrospective evaluation by a representativegroup of its student users, and 3 ) suggestions for the possibleadaptations and teaching application based on the significantfindings of the survey and some recent Second Language Teachingand Learning assumptions.