Maryam Azarnoosh with over 18 years teaching experience is the head of English Department and an assistant professor of TEFL at Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. She was dean of Faculty of Humanities and head of Educated Women Council.Mitra Zeraatpishe is an assistant professor at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran. She received her Ph.D. in TEFL from Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch. She has 10 years teaching experience and her research interests include SLA, psycholinguistics, teaching methodologies, and teaching skills.Akram Faravani is an assistant professor at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran. She received her Ph.D. in TEFL from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. With 10 years teaching experience, she is interested in SLA, language testing, syllabus designing and materials development.Hamid Reza Kargozari is an assistant professor at Tabaran Institute of Higher Education, Iran. His current research interests cover issues in psycholinguistics, materials development and sociolinguistics. He has been involved in a range of projects in these areas.

• PrefaceList of Figures and Tables1. WH Questions in Book Evaluation: Why, How, When, and Who?Vahid Nimehchisalem2. Learners’ Needs in Materials EvaluationSaleh Al-Busaidi3. Evaluating Language and Content in CoursebooksDarío Luis Banegas4. Evaluating Teaching AidsThom Kiddle5. Talking about Language Competences: Towards an Intercultural Approach to Language TeachingCarlos Rico-Troncoso6. Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Coursebook EvaluationMartin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin7. Conversation Analysis Criteria for Evaluating the Authenticity of ESL Textbook ConversationsLilia Savova8. Evaluation of ESP TextbooksMaryam Azarnoosh, Mahboobeh Khosrojerdi and Mitra Zeraatpishe9. E-textbook Evaluation Criteria RevisitedHamid Reza Kargozari, Golnaz Peyvandi and Akram Faravani10. What Real Benefits Have We Had from Research on ELT Materials Evaluation?Jayakaran Mukundan, Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi and Abdolvahed ZarifiAbout the ContributorsIndex

Maryam Azarnoosh with over 18 years teaching experience is the head of English Department and an assistant professor of TEFL at Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. She was dean of Faculty of Humanities and head of Educated Women Council.Mitra Zeraatpishe is an assistant professor at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran. She received her Ph.D. in TEFL from Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch. She has 10 years teaching experience and her research interests include SLA, psycholinguistics, teaching methodologies, and teaching skills.Akram Faravani is an assistant professor at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran. She received her Ph.D. in TEFL from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. With 10 years teaching experience, she is interested in SLA, language testing, syllabus designing and materials development.Hamid Reza Kargozari is an assistant professor at Tabaran Institute of Higher Education, Iran. His current research interests cover issues in psycholinguistics, materials development and sociolinguistics. He has been involved in a range of projects in these areas.

• PrefaceList of Figures and Tables1. WH Questions in Book Evaluation: Why, How, When, and Who?Vahid Nimehchisalem2. Learners’ Needs in Materials EvaluationSaleh Al-Busaidi3. Evaluating Language and Content in CoursebooksDarío Luis Banegas4. Evaluating Teaching AidsThom Kiddle5. Talking about Language Competences: Towards an Intercultural Approach to Language TeachingCarlos Rico-Troncoso6. Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Coursebook EvaluationMartin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin7. Conversation Analysis Criteria for Evaluating the Authenticity of ESL Textbook ConversationsLilia Savova8. Evaluation of ESP TextbooksMaryam Azarnoosh, Mahboobeh Khosrojerdi and Mitra Zeraatpishe9. E-textbook Evaluation Criteria RevisitedHamid Reza Kargozari, Golnaz Peyvandi and Akram Faravani10. What Real Benefits Have We Had from Research on ELT Materials Evaluation?Jayakaran Mukundan, Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi and Abdolvahed ZarifiAbout the ContributorsIndex

Maryam Azarnoosh with over 18 years teaching experience is the head of English Department and an assistant professor of TEFL at Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. She was dean of Faculty of Humanities and head of Educated Women Council.Mitra Zeraatpishe is an assistant professor at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran. She received her Ph.D. in TEFL from Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch. She has 10 years teaching experience and her research interests include SLA, psycholinguistics, teaching methodologies, and teaching skills.Akram Faravani is an assistant professor at Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran. She received her Ph.D. in TEFL from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. With 10 years teaching experience, she is interested in SLA, language testing, syllabus designing and materials development.Hamid Reza Kargozari is an assistant professor at Tabaran Institute of Higher Education, Iran. His current research interests cover issues in psycholinguistics, materials development and sociolinguistics. He has been involved in a range of projects in these areas.

• PrefaceList of Figures and Tables1. WH Questions in Book Evaluation: Why, How, When, and Who?Vahid Nimehchisalem2. Learners’ Needs in Materials EvaluationSaleh Al-Busaidi3. Evaluating Language and Content in CoursebooksDarío Luis Banegas4. Evaluating Teaching AidsThom Kiddle5. Talking about Language Competences: Towards an Intercultural Approach to Language TeachingCarlos Rico-Troncoso6. Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Coursebook EvaluationMartin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin7. Conversation Analysis Criteria for Evaluating the Authenticity of ESL Textbook ConversationsLilia Savova8. Evaluation of ESP TextbooksMaryam Azarnoosh, Mahboobeh Khosrojerdi and Mitra Zeraatpishe9. E-textbook Evaluation Criteria RevisitedHamid Reza Kargozari, Golnaz Peyvandi and Akram Faravani10. What Real Benefits Have We Had from Research on ELT Materials Evaluation?Jayakaran Mukundan, Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi and Abdolvahed ZarifiAbout the ContributorsIndex