an evaluation of english language textbook “power up 5” for grade 5 in private schools in iraq from the teachers' perspective
This paper evaluates the appropriateness of “Power Up 5” in Sterling schools in Iraq from the aspects of Design and Layout, Subject and Content, Activities and skills from the teachers' perspectives. The study followed the quantitative approach where a questionnaire was adopted from a previous study which was made regarding the same objectives and research questions. Adapted from \citebib10. The data were gathered by distributing the questionnaire to 55 English teachers in Sterling schools in Iraq through a 5 Likert scale questionnaire. The results of the analysis are generally in favour of the textbook regarding research questions and the appropriateness to Iraqi students in grade 5. The textbook can be adopted with ease in Iraqi public schools to grade 5 primary levels. This study would be an excellent recommendation to select the appropriate English textbook for grade 5 primary in Iraqi school where textbooks have a crucial impact on the students' performance and language proficiency. (Published abstract)