Reflection 4

Reflection 4

I will discuss  the English textbook Stages 10 published by Aschehoug which I used in my teaching practice last year in 10th grade. The texbook is centered around a variety of different topics and texts that help widen the horizon of the students. E.g Indigenous people, The USA today and relations. Each topic has different texts and exercises related to the topic in question. Next to each text there is a glossary with difficult words from the text.

I think this is a really good book, because it contains such a variety of topics, so every students might find a topic they find interesting. There are also a variety of activities, related to grammar, role play, vocabulary and class discussions, so there are not just writing activities for the students to try out. In my teaching practice they read an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet and the book contained many activities related to the excerpt, like writing, discussion and dramatization. We did mos of these activities in class and I think the students appreciated that they got to try out a variety of activities.

A negative aspect might be that some of the texts are long and contain a lot of information about complicated political issues e.g immigration. So I think this book might be a bit challenging for students who struggle with reading long English texts. But all in all, I really like the variety of topics activities included in the book, especially the creative activities.