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M.E. Seitova, M.A. Narymbetov
In the student’s books, the majority of the tasks,
which include communication skills were air-work
speaking activities. In their study, Demirbas (Demir
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bas,2010:10) [22] underline
that group and pair
work activities provide more communication skills
and are regarded as more entertaining in terms of
language practice.
Considered as one of the communication skills,
cultural information presented in every unit of each
coursebook series was analysed. However, all the
series provided information regarding
world culture
rather than the culture of native English speakers.
Appropriate use of language; that is, knowing
what to say when and to whom and politeness was
one of the most neglected communication skills in
ELT coursebooks, which was also in line with the
findings of Vellenga’s (Vellenga,2004:4) [23] study.
Although language functions were addressed in ev
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ery student’s book unit, there were not enough ex
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amples showing how to use language appropriately
in different environments and circumstances. This
skill is quite important in terms of maintaining ef
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fective and successful communication.
As
for the second sub-question, which deals
with the integration of collaboration skills into the
coursebooks, analysis was done through a 10-item
evaluation checklist. The collaboration skills anal
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ysed in the coursebooks were mainly identified as
knowing when to speak and listen in a group work,
working on a project task in a group, desired fea
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tures of collaboration (patience, respect, caring etc.),
responsibility, willingness to collaborate, turntaking
in shared activities, managing the sharing of tasks
in a group and evaluating others’ contribution. With
regards to these collaboration skills, the findings of
the study have revealed that the
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