A comparative study on the importance given to grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation in EFL secondary-school course books

Abstract

[eng] The present study aims to compare the role that grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation have in secondary-school efl textbooks addressed at Spanish learners. Eight course books were thoroughly analysed, and aspects such as the presence of the aforementioned three language skills in the different types of units and the frequency, type and format of the activities were taken into consideration. The results obtained indicate that pronunciation has a clearly inferior role in comparison to vocabulary and particularly to grammar.