Resumen de Helping less-experienced teachers of English to evaluate teachers' guides
This article presents recommendations for an evaluation checklist for teachers' guides intended for less-experienced teachers of English, and for those who lack confidence in their own English proficiency. It is suggested that this fills a gap in the current literature on materials evaluation, which is mainly aimed at an audience of experienced teachers of English. Reasons for evaluating materials are given, followed by a discussion of published checklists, and a revised compilation of their criteria in a concise checklist which makes use of a simple method of priority weighting (see Appendix). The final product can be used by teachers independently, or as an introduction to materials evaluation in teacher training.
