When you think of a textbook what do you imagine? Is it thick or thin? Is it dull or colourful, boring or interesting? A textbook is just a textbook, however, depending on how you think about it can help or hinder your learning.
Friend or foe?
Imagine starting a new class and the textbook is chosen for you, do you imagine, “This book is my friend and it will change my life!”, or, “This book is my enemy and is going to cause me problems.”. It’s only information and, depending on the textbook, it will help you with whatever you are learning.
Recommendations
Masami seldomly recommends textbooks to her students, but I never do. There are books we often refer to when making materials for our students but I couldn’t recommend them. Although they have interesting and useful information in them, a lot of each textbook wouldn’t be relevant to our students. Unless the student prefers to read English grammar in English, I couldn’t recommend the books we use.
Work with what you’ve got
Masami and I will work with textbooks our students have chosen, yet, they may not be suitable for the student’s level. Like me, they want to run before they can walk. It’s good to get out of your comfort zone to expand your knowledge but using an advanced book when you’re a beginner will be an overwhelming, confusing experience.
The knowledge is yours
A textbook is a tool to give you information and to help you improve; it could be seen as a guidebook to your chosen subject, “By the end of this chapter, I will have reached here.”. Will you understand all of the content in the book? At first, maybe not, but, after reviewing and referring back to the textbook, maybe.
Eventually, a textbook will be referred to less and less until you just look at it on the bookshelf and hopefully, will think, “The contents of that textbook are mine now.”
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