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                                                                        MoghaddamPhD, candidate of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran                                
                                                            
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                                                                        Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature and Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran                                
                                                            
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                                                                        Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran                                
                            
                                                                            
                        
                        
                            Abstract
                            Textbook content evaluation based on a checklist is a widely common method for evaluating textbooks. This type of evaluation plays an effective role on preserving textbook quality. In this study, by applying a validated checklist- including 4 main categories of “physical features, design and layout”, “skills and sub-skills”, “subject and content”, and “practical consideration”-  two textbook series, namely, Amouzesh-e-novin-e zaban-e-Farsi  (ANZF) and Amouzesh-e-Farsi-be-Farsi (AFBF) were analyzed and compared qualitatively. Based on the results, these textbooks were evaluated as ‘good’ and ‘very good’ in their physical features, design and layout, according to the instructors’ viewpoints, however the researchers evaluated them as partly-good due to some shortcomings such as lack of workbooks and teacher’s manuals. In the skills and sub-skills category, both series had fundamental problems; and to sum up, the ANZF series seem to be partly-weak and AFBF series seem to be highly-weak. In the category of ‘subject and content’, the ANZF series is evaluated as partly-good, and the AFBF series is evaluated as weak. In the category of ‘practical considerations’, the ANZF is evaluated as partly-good, and the AFBF is evaluated as partly-weak. Generally, the ANZF series was evaluated as partly good and AFBF was evaluated as weak.
                        
                        
                        
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