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1、AnEvaluationofProjectEnglishTextbooksforJuniorHighSchools　　1.Introduction　　ThispaperchooseProjectEnglishTextbookstoevaluateandgivesomeadvicetomakesacontributiontotheimprovementsofEnglishteaching.　　ProjectEnglishtextbooks（RenaiEnglishtextbooks）areusedmostwidelyinourcountry.Howeve

2、r，theresearchesaboutProjectEnglishtextbooksareless.SothispaperchoosesProjectEnglishtextbookstoevaluateandexploresomeproblemsinteachingandlearningprocess.ProjectEnglishtextbookswerecompiledbasedonconstructivistteachingtheoryandproperviewoflanguage.Communicationlanguageteachingapp

3、roachandtask-basedlanguageteachingapproacharemainlyadopted.　　2.TheoriesofEnglishlanguageteachingmaterialsevaluation　　Textbookevaluationisaprocesstoexamineandmakesubjectivejudgementsofthevalueofasetoftextbooksinordertomakethemfittherequirementsoflearners.　　Cunningsworth（1995：3）pr

4、ovidesamanageablelistofthemostimportantcriteriaasabasicquick-referencechecklistforevaluation.Atthesametime，Cunningsworth（1995：15-17）pointsoutfourguidelinesforevaluationunderlinemanyofthemostspecificcriteriaforevaluation.　　Thecriteriatheyproposehavemostlybeenchecklist-basedorques

5、tion-basedtodeterminetheextenttowhichthematerialsfulfillasetofcriteria.　　3.TheEvaluationofProjectEnglishTextbooksforGradeEight　　Basedonthecriteriadiscussedinpreviouschapter，thispaperevaluatesProjectEnglishtextbookforGradeEight.　　Inthetextbook，thefourskills，listening，speaking，rea

6、dingandwritingareallincluded.Andallofthisskillsareintegratedandactivitiesarepresentedinrealisticcontexts.　　3.1Listeningskills　　FromTomlison’sMedia-specificcriteria（1992）：thosewhichrelatetothepracticalmediumused，forexample，thequalityofrecordingofaudio-recordedmaterial，analyzingth

7、ecoursebook.First，thequalityoftherecordedsoundisinahigh-qualityandthespeedofspeakingisappropriateforlearners.Alsothereissomemusicbeforelisteningwhichishelpfultorelievestudents’listeninganxiety.　　3.2Speakingskills　　Cunningsworth’s（1995）checklistforspeakingskillssuggeststhatthemat

8、erialsforspeakingmayincludeoralpresentationandp