An investigation into how and to what extend an english coursebook can be user friendly for efl students and teachers at the tertiary level

The coursebooks that we use in our classrooms have an important role in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teaching. Although there is no doubt that they are important, there are some disagreements on the extent that a coursebook is effective for a certain teaching aim and for a certain group of students. These disagreements may be on different points such as effectiveness of the subject matter, coursebook design or usefulness of the activities. Taking all these into consideration coursebooks need to be evaluated before, during or after each teaching program and then necessary modifications according to these evaluations should be done. The most valuable feedback about a certain coursebook comes from the users who are teachers and the students. Thus, we need to get feedback from teachers and students to have more effective teaching materials in our classroom. The focus of this study is to identify to what extent is the present coursebook "Success" is user friendly according to the teachers' and students' perceptions at Istanbul University, Foreign Language School who use it. In this study, two different questionnaires were administered- one for teachers and one for the students. In the data gathering process, a group of 100 students and 50 EFL teachers took part in the research and different questionnaires were given to each group. The data obtained were analyzed with the SPSS program- statistical program for social sciences, and the results were discussed respectively. Keywords: Coursebook, Evaluation, User Friendly