Comparison between Spine Students book one and Smile student book one on teachers’ point of view

Abstract

This paper aimed to compare and contrast between spine one and smile one
which are used to teach English language at Sudanese basic school. Spine one has
been replaced by smile one in late decade. The motivation behind this study
lies in the belief this comparison shed important light on the syllabus
contents of teaching English as a foreign or second language, the objectives , and
the activities. A teachers' questionnaire was used to collect the teachers stand
points about the contents, objectives , and the learning activities of spine and
smile to identify some of the differences among these textbooks and to
explore the findings which reflect English language teaching curriculum in
Sudan . the data was analyzed by adopting (SPSS) program. The results reveal
the following: spine and smile one are different in term of objectives. spine and
smile one are different in term of content. spine and smile one are different in
term of activities .Moreover, smile one has a general trends as well as the
unique features which is different from spine one. The researchers recommend
that smile should be supported and encouraged as it contains modern rends in
teaching English. As well as contains clear objectives and effective activities in
accordance to the general objectives of teaching English