An Evaluation of English Training Materials for Mathematics Teachers of the Bilingual Program at Junior High Schools

Abstract

This paper aims at evaluating the quality of English training materials prepared by two institutions as in-service instructional English training material for mathematics teachers of bilingual program. The evaluation of the textbook focused on the internal accountability of the materials. The evaluation was conducted using Mcdonough and Shaw approach namely external and internal evaluation. Results show that the materials are similar in terms of the coverage of language component and language skills but they differ in the proportion of their presentation. However, the training materials are not fully appropriate for math teachers of bilingual program. It needs some adjustment to meet the need of math teachers in structuring instructional classroom discourse.

Keywords: internal-external evaluation, training materials, mathematics teachers, bilingual program