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<journal-id>1409-4703</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Actualidades Investigativas en Educación]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-4703</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigación en Educación, Universidad de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1409-47032015000300044</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Interactions 1 as an Elt Coursebook: A Curricular and Theory-Based Scrutiny]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Interactions 1 como Libro de Texto para la Enseñanza del Inglés: Un Análisis Teórico-Curricular]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sevilla Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Henry]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gamboa Mena]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Roy]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Sede de Occidente ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>CR</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Costa Rica Sede de Occidente ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>CR</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>15</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>44</fpage>
<lpage>79</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-47032015000300044&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-47032015000300044&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-47032015000300044&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[AbstractThis article analyzes the pertinence of Interactions 1 as the core textbook in the IO-5400 Oral Communication I course, a first-year-course of the Bachelor's Program in English Teaching at a public university in Costa Rica. Thus, the methodology proposed in the textbook, its design (images, teaching strategies for the development of oral and listening skills, supplementary book resources, among others) and its curricular approach were studied in order to determine the congruence between the theoretical principles established by the experts on materials design and evaluation and the book in question. Along the same lines, the pertinence of the book in relation to different aspects of the curriculum of the major, such as the students' exit profile, the objectives and the methodology, among others, were also analyzed. This is a descriptive study that undertook mixed research strategies, where data collection instruments such as a checklist and a Likert scale were combined; the data analysis and interpretation was done through triangulation. The study revealed, on the one hand, that the level of congruence of Interactions 1 with the theoretical principles of materials design and evaluation is insufficient. Conversely, with regard to the curricular aspects of the major, the book proved acceptable as long as instructors contextualize and supplement it with their own resources and teaching strategies so that it is fully satisfactory to the English learning process. Findings call for the use of research-informed criteria in ELT materials design which match the specific English teaching language curricula.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[ResumenEl presente artículo analiza la pertinencia del libro Interactions 1 como texto utilizado en el curso IO- 5400 Comunicación Oral I, perteneciente al primer año de la carrera de Bachillerato en la Enseñanza del inglés en una universidad pública en Costa Rica. En este sentido, se estudia la metodología propuesta en el texto, su diseño (imágenes, estrategias didácticas para el desarrollo de habilidades orales y auditivas, recursos que acompañan el texto, entre otros) y su enfoque curricular, a fin de determinar la congruencia entre los principios teóricos que establecen los autores acerca de la evaluación y el diseño de los recursos didácticos y el texto supra citado. Asimismo, se analizó la pertinencia de dicho texto con diferentes aspectos que contiene el currículo de la carrera como: el perfil de salida del estudiante, los objetivos y la metodología, entre otros. El estudio se basó en una metodología de investigación descriptiva donde se combinan estrategias para la recolección de la información, tales como listas de cotejo y escalas Likert. El análisis e interpretación de los datos se realizó mediante la triangulación de fuentes. El estudio devela, por una parte, que el nivel de coherencia del texto Interactions 1 con los principios teóricos para el diseño y la evaluación de recursos didácticos, es insuficiente con respecto a los criterios especializados para esta área. Por otra parte, en relación con los aspectos del currículo de la carrera, resulta aceptable en tanto el docente debe contextualizarlo y complementarlo con sus propios recursos y estrategias didácticas para que resulte totalmente satisfactorio al proceso de aprendizaje del idioma Inglés. El aporte fundamental del estudio comprueba la necesidad de utilizar criterios técnicos para el diseño de recursos didácticos afines al enfoque curricular de los planes de estudios de Enseñanza del Inglés.]]></p></abstract>
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