Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Eshagh Rahmani ¹
• vahid aghzami ²

¹ Shiraz University

² M.A. Graduate from the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Shiraz University,

Abstract

Textbook is considered as the main tool in education, and it is important in that in all levels of education, it coordinates other elements and in many cases, the teaching method is determined by the book and most teachers adapt their methods only based on the textbook. Each textbook needs to be investigated to determine its quality. One of the methods for investigation and analysis of the textbooks is content analysis which means the investigation of the target book to recognize the strengths and weaknesses in accordance with the criteria on the basis of which the textbook is written. This research analyzed the content of the eighth grade Arabic textbook in Iran based on the criteria of selection and organization of the content from the viewpoint of male and female teachers in Yasuj. The statistical population of the study included 118 Arabic teachers of the eighth grade of Yasuj city. The research tool was a 41-item questionnaire developed based on six main criteria including criteria for community needs, interest, importance and benefits, learning ability and continuity and sequence. The results of this study indicated that the overall assessment of teachers from the Arabic Book of the eighth grade is high and very high, which suggests that the book is appropriate from these teachers’ point of view.

Keywords

• content analysis
• Textbook
• eighth grade Arabic