A study into Çanakkale Science High School students perceptions of an ideal English coursebook

This study aimed to evaluate the suitability of the coursebook New Bridge to Success for Çanakkale Science High School 9th grade and 10th grade students. The evaluation of the coursebook was conducted on the Coursebook Evaluation Checklist Criteria prepared through the responses of students to several questionnaires including Language Learning Orientations Scale, Perceptual Learning Styles Preference, Second Language Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale, Social Styles, Multiple Intelligence Inventory; and both students? and teachers? responses to Needs Analysis Assessment.Both qualitative and quantitative data were obtained through the students questionnaires administered to 126 students and 4 teachers at Çanakkale Science High School. Students? types of motivations, their learning style preferences (visual, kinaesthetic, tactile, auditory), tolerance of ambiguity, study preferences (in groups or individually), and Multiple Intelligences were identified. The results obtained constituted some of the criteria for coursebook evaluation checklist. Data collected through Needs Analysis Assessment were also content analyzed and reorganized to contribute to Coursebook Evaluation Checklist. Some well-known coursebook evaluation checklists were also used as references for the development of the checklistThe results revealed that the coursebooks New Bridge to Success for 9th and 10th grade Çanakkale Science High School students were insufficient in terms of many aspects as pre-review, physical composition, themes and topics, objectives and skills, learning and teaching activities, references, teacher?s guide, and supplementary materials. This study concludes that the book needs extensive reviewing and revising. Further, many parts of the mentioned books require various adaptations to be made use of with the target group of students.