CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH TEXTBOOK (ENGLISH FOR IRAQ) FOR SIXTH PRIMARY IN THE LIGHT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING OBJECTIVES

Abstract

The purpose ا of this analysis is ا to examine the content of theا textbook 'English ا for Iraq,' a pupils' book for the ا sixth primary stage, that has been taught ا since 2018-2019, considering the requirements for foreign language teaching. The key reason for this research is the need to discover if this newly implemented textbook meets the needs of new and current trendsا in standards. The researcher اreviewed a handfulا of books, previous ا studies, articles and relatedا literature in order to understand from and agree on the appropriate procedures to be followed during the study. The researcher designed an analysis card to collect data relevant to the processing of the study. The findings of the study reveal variance in the presentation of foreign language teaching objectives; there is no equality in the distribution of these objectives in the textbook. Communication objectives are prominent in contrast to the objectives of communities, connections and comparisons. The difference is also evident in the distribution of objectives across the units as the same objective may highly appear in one unit and hardly appear in another. Englishا for Iraq for the 6th Primaryا stage is a vibrantlyا coloured, engaging ا course bookا that builds on ا and embodies theا language and skills that put moreا emphasis on communicationا than anything else, as connections, comparisons, and communities objectives almost seemed to be distributed equally across the textbook. The researcherا points out that ا the distribution of these objectives amongا the units in the book should be more balanced, as there are some relativelyا neglected objectives. The results also reveal good employment ا for the topicsا in the textbook.