A content analysis of the speaking activities’ appropriateness included in the student's book of action pack 9

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This research examines the extent of the appropriateness of the speaking activities included in the student’s book of Action Pack 9 by the means of content analysis.

Thus, it aims at analyzing the extent to which Action Pack 9 provides and includes appropriate speaking activities and identifying the types of the speaking activities addressed in the textbook under analysis.

To answer the research main question, the analyst developed a content analysis sheet.

It is designed in order to examine the appropriateness of the speaking activities, in the Student's Book of Action Pack 9, to the students’ real-life situations, learning levels and interests.

The frequencies and percentages were used in order to present the results of the analysis.

The findings reveal that the textbook under analysis includes different types of the speaking activities that respond to the general guidelines and the speaking specific outcomes.

Also, they reveal that all these types are appropriate to the students’ real-life situations, learning levels and interests.

Further analysis on the speaking skill and the other skills i.e., listening, reading and writing, in light of other criteria of analysis (balance, organization, authenticity and integration) are recommended.