Within the scope of the current study, the author only focuses on the course book
“Family and Friends 4” using at Sunshine English School and their performance during the course. The workbook and teacher's book are not involved. Thus, it is proposed that the “Family and Friends 4” (workbook a
nd teacher's book) should be evaluated by further research. Also, more research will be conducted to find out the most appropriate course book for students at Sunshine English school in
Future studies need to use observation to collect more systematic data (field-notes) to see more deeply how the course book is used in the classroom and how the students respond to the activities and content of the course book.
It is hoped that this study provides useful information for the improvement of the course book “Family and Friends 4” to meet better the learners‟ needs and expectation in the coming time. I would like to note that generalization of this study should be made with caution as the results might be different with different groups of learners.
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APPENDIX 1
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Hello,
This survey questionnaire is designed for my MA thesis to find out your attitudes towards the course book “Family and Friends 4” that you are studying in Sunshine English School. It is highly appreciated if you could spend your time competing truthfully the questionnaire. Data collected will be used for the thesis only.
Thank you for your cooperation.
I. Personal information
Please circle the most appropriate to you or answer the questions 1. Your gender
A. Male B. Female
2. How old are you? ……years old.
3. How long have you been learning English? ... year(s) II. Your evaluation on the activities of the course book
A. Here is the list of the activities in the Unit 1. Please tick (√) the appropriate box with your idea: like or dislike
LESSON 1: WORDS
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen, point and repeat
2 Listen and read
LESSON2: GRAMMAR 1
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen to the story again and repeat. Act
2 Read and learn
3 Read and circle
4 Write
LESSON 3: GRAMMAR 2 AND SONG
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Read and learn
2 Speaking: Think of a girl. Say and answer
3 Now write sentences about the girls
4 Listen and sing
LESSON 4: PHONICS
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen, point and repeat
2 Listen and read
3
Read again. Circle the words with long a sounds
and underline the words with long e
4
Circle the words that contains a different vowel
sound
LESSON 5: SKILLS TIME - READING
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Speaking: What do you eat for breakfast?
2 Listen and read
3
Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings and then check them in the Workbook
4 dictionary (page 116)
4
Read again and write M (Mexico), S (Scotland), V
(Vietnam) or E (Egypt)
LESSON 6: SKILLS TIME - LISTENING
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen and number
2 Listen again and circle the correct word
3 Speaking: Ask and answer.
4
Writing: Clap and count the syllables in these
words. Then write
Average
B. Here is the list of the activities in the Unit 4. Please tick (√) the appropriate box with your idea: like or dislike
LESSON 1: WORDS
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen, point and repeat
2 Listen and read
LESSON2: GRAMMAR 1
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen to the story again and repeat. Act
2 Read and learn
3 Read and circle
4 Write
LESSON 3: GRAMMAR 2 AND SONG
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Read and learn
2
Speaking: Ask and answer about the people in the
pictures
3 Now write sentences about the pictures
4 Listen and sing
LESSON 4: PHONICS
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen, point and repeat
2 Listen and read
3
Read again. Circle the words with ll and underline the
words with rr
4 Match and write
LESSON 5: SKILLS TIME - READING
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Speaking: What do you know about basketball?
2 Listen and read
3
Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings and then check them in the Workbook 4
dictionary
4 Read again and complete the sentences
LESSON 6: SKILLS TIME - LISTENING
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen and circle the sports the children like 2 Listen again and write T (true) or F(false)
3
Speaking: Ask and answer about what you like doing.
Remember to use the correct verb
4 Writing: Write It's or Its
C. Here is the list of the activities in the Unit 7. Please tick (√) the appropriate box with your idea: like or dislike
LESSON 1: WORDS
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen, point and repeat
2 Listen and read
LESSON2: GRAMMAR 1
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen to the story again and repeat. Act
2 Read and learn
3 Write: will or won't 4 Speaking: Look at the pictures again. Ask and answer
LESSON 3: GRAMMAR 2 AND SONG
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Read and learn
2 Speaking: Ask and answer
3 Now write sentences about the moon trip
4 Listen and sing
LESSON 4: PHONICS
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen, point and repeat
2 Listen and read
3
Read again. Circle the words with au in green, with aw in
blue and with or in purple
4 Match and write
LESSON 5: SKILLS TIME - READING
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Speaking: Describe what is happening in the pictures
2 Listen and read
3
Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings
and then check them in the Workbook 4 dictionary
4 Read again and match the sentence halves
LESSON 6: SKILLS TIME - LISTENING
No Activities Like Dislike
1 Listen and number
2 Listen again and write T (true) or F (false)