The educational values of reading texts used in English preparation classes

this research, the educational values of the reading texts used in preparation classes in the School of Foreign Language at Adnan Menderes University were analyzed in the scope of the outstanding and necessary features of a text. The reading texts were analyzed through some outstanding and important dimensions of a valuable text, which are grammar, understanding, visuality, methodology, interest and topic. The case about the reading texts was described using the quantitative method. The sample of the research consists of the preparation class students of Fall/Spring Terms in 2015-2016 Academic Year. The instrument for collecting data, a questionnaire composed of likert questions, was developed by the researcher, and implemented to the preparation class students and the instructors working in the same department. Besides, open-ended questions were asked to the instructors, and the situation was analyzed through frequencies. The views of the students and instructors were analyzed with descriptive statistical techniques, and the findings were tabulated using frequencies and percentages. At the end of the research, it was observed that the students and instructors have both similar and different opinions about the evaluation of the concepts in the texts used in preparation class, which are grammar, understanding, visuality, methodology, interest and topic. Moreover, it was also found that although the reading texts are goal-oriented, there are also some points needed to be improved and developed. KEYWORDS: Reading Text, Educational Value, Evaluation, Preparation Class