- EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF THE TWO TEXTBOOKS TIẾNG ANH 3 - TẬP 1 AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS - GRADE 3: A. - I, Nguyễn Thị Mai, hereby certify that the thesis “Evaluating the quality of the two textbooks Tiếng Anh 3 - Tập 1and Family and Friends - Grade 3:. - A comparative study is submitted for the partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts at the Faculty of Graduate Studies - University of Languages and International Studies - Vietnam National University, Hanoi. - Besides, I am heartily thankful to all the lecturers and teachers of the Faculty of Graduate Studies - University of Languages and International Studies - Vietnam National University, Hanoi for their valuable and interesting lectures and assistance during my study at the university.. - The current study aimed at evaluating the quality of the two textbooks Tiếng Anh 3 - Tập 1and Family and Friends - Grade 3to reveal their similarities and differences, strengths and weaknesses, and their appropriateness to Vietnamese teachers and students. - The study results showed that Tiếng Anh 3 - Tập 1 meets almost all criteria given and seemed to be highly suitable for Vietnamese teachers and students while Family and Friends - Grade 3also got positive feedbacks from teachers. - However, this set of textbook offered a large amount of knowledge, big size of paper, unfamiliar contents and so on…,that affect teachers’ low ratings on the quality of the textbook compared to Tiếng Anh 3 - Tập 1. - However,it can be concluded that Tiếng Anh 3 - Tập 1 and Family and Friends - Grade 3 are suitable to Vietnamese teachers and pupils.. - Although there exist some minor weaknesses, these two sets of the textbooks are seen to be a good choice of textbook and can be widely used.. - English is one of the most common international languages in the world.. - Besides, English study gives students a chance to form their idea-expressing ability confidently, independently and creatively.With the thorough understanding of the importance of English, the quality of English teaching and learning has attracted considerable interest from the society. - Such issues as the quality of teachers, facilities, and curriculum have been widely discussed in the media.. - In order to have a quality curriculum, the quality of the textbooks plays an extremely important role. - Therefore, the selection of a course book is one of the most important decisions a teacher will make to have a textbook that involves matching the material against the context in which it is going to be used, following the aims of the teaching program, as well as fitting the personal methodology of the teacher.. - When working on the national project “Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages in the National Education System, period at the end of 2010, MOET approved Pilot English Curriculum for Vietnamese Primary Schools and assigned Vietnam Education Publishing House to organize the writing of the set of textbooks, including Tiếng Anh 3, Tiếng Anh 4 and Tiếng Anh 5. - Specifically, I will attempt to compare Tiếng Anh 3 – Tập 1compiled by Vietnamese authors of Vietnam Education Publishing House in collaboration with English native authors of MacMillan Publishing House and Family and Friends - Grade 3compiled and adapted by foreign writers of Oxford University Press.. - Bộ Giáo dục và Đào tạo (2010).Chương trình tiếng Anh thí điểm tiểu học. - “The Measurement of Modern Language Books”.The Modern Language Journal . - Paper presented atVietTESOL – the Second International VietTESOL Conference: Transforming English Language Education in the Era of Globalization: Pp: 19-38.Reprinted in VNN Journal of Science – Education Research. - Ivi’c, Pesikan and Anti’c, (2008).The Guide for the Good Textbook Celce- Murcia (2001).Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, Page 29-42.. - An Evaluation of the piloted “English 10”. - Thực trạng việc giảng dạy tiếng Anh bậc tiểu học ở Việt Nam.Báo cáo được trình bày tại Hội thảo giảng dạy Tiếng Anh bậc Tiểu học, Hà Nội.