Analysis and Comparison of “ Amouzesh-e-novin-e zaban-e-Farsi” and “Amouzesh-e-Farsi-be-Farsi” TPSL textbook Series Based on a validated checklist

Textbook content evaluation based on a checklist is a widely common method for evaluating the textbooks, which plays an effective role on preserving the quality of them. In this study, an validated checklist is applied for evaluating and comparing of “Amouzesh-e-novin-e zaban-e-Farsi” series (ANZF) and “Amouzesh-e-Farsi-be-Farsi” series (AFBF) textbooks using a combination method (the checklist and a semi-structured interview to instructors). This validated checklist includes 4 main categories of ‘physical features’, ‘design and layout’; ‘skills and sub-skills’; ‘subject and content’, and ‘practical consideration’. The results showed although these textbooks are evaluated as ‘good’ and ‘very good’ in their physical features, design and layout, according to the instructors’ viewpoints, the researchers evaluated them as partly-good for some shortages like lack of workbooks and teacher’s books. In skills and sub-skills, both series have fundamental problems; and to sum up, the ANZF series seem to be partly-weak and AFBF series seem to be highly-weak, that is confirmed by statistic results, too. In the category of ‘subject and content’, the ANZF series is evaluated as partly-good, and the AFBF series is evaluated as weak, that conform to the statistic results, again. In ‘practical considerations’, as the results show the ANZF is evaluated as partly-good, and the AFBF; despite the statistic results that show them as ‘partly-good’, is evaluated as partly-weak.