JALT2025 - Tokyo

Textbook Comparison: How Grammar is Dealt With

Nov 2, 2025, 9:05 AM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Materials and Assessment Room 410

Speaker

Prof. Yukiharu Nakazumi (Kagawa University)

Description

The main purpose of this study is to examine changes in how grammar is dealt with in English textbooks after the revision of the Course of Study (CS). Grammar exercises or activities, target grammatical items, and example sentences in senior-high-school English textbooks for the former and the current CS were collected and analyzed. Results showed that the tendencies to cram grammatical items comprehensively were overall mitigated in textbooks for the current CS.

Summary

The main purpose of this study is to examine changes in how grammar is dealt with in English textbooks after the revision of the Course of Study (CS). Grammar exercises or activities, target grammatical items, and example sentences in senior-high-school English textbooks for the former and the current CS were collected and analyzed. Results showed that the tendencies to cram grammatical items comprehensively were overall mitigated in textbooks for the current CS.