Why use textbooks?

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This paper, though stimulated by Allwright's article ‘What do we want teaching materials for?’ in the last issue of ELT Journal, does not attempt a point-by-point rebuttal. Instead it offers arguments for the use of published textbook materials as a basis on which to mould the unpredictable interaction which is necessary to classroom language learning. It is also suggested that learners who do not work from textbooks may be being deprived of a useful medium of orientation and study outside the classroom. Finally, the author considers the gradual process of replacement by which new textbook materials evolve.

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