A Comparative Study on English Textbooks for Grade Seven:   Go for it and New Standard English (NSE) Abstract After the issue of English Curriculum Standards (ECS) in 2001, it is of significance for both the school administration and teachers to choose appropriate textbooks among a number of English textbooks. Therefore, it is worthwhile to compare several widely-used textbooks in a specific area. This research employs a qualitative way to investigate two specific textbooks used in Zhejiang province: Go for it and New Standard English (NSE). This research compares the two textbooks from the perspectives of macro evaluation and micro evaluation, concentrating on guiding ideology, overall structure, topics and grammar items. The results show that the guiding ideology of the two textbooks corresponds to the requirements of ECS to some degree. Both the two textbooks arrange knowledge into several parts in accordance with themes and topics, and the overall structure of NSE is more hierarchical and comprehensive than Go for it. The topics in both two textbooks are real life-related, suitable for students of that age, and also culture-related. Furthermore，topics in NSE are more persified while in Go for it are more conservative. In addition, the grammar items in the two textbooks are compiled in a spiral and inductive way. NSE is more authentic and pays more attention to the communicative purpose.71033

Key words: textbook evaluation; Go for it; New Standard English; English Curriculum Standards

七年级英语教材的比较分析：以Go for it 和 New Standard English （NSE）为例

摘  要自《英语课程标准》于2001年颁布以来，各地不同版本英语教材的数量与日俱增，选择一本合适的教材对于学校和教师来说显得愈发重要。因此，比较研究不同区域广泛使用的不同版本的英语教材具有较大意义。本研究采用定性分析的方法就浙江省内使用最广泛的两套教材：Go for it 和 New Standard English （NSE）进行评估比较。研究从宏观和微观两个角度展开，包括编写理念与整体结构，话题与语法项目等。研究结果显示：首先，两套教材的编写理念均在某种程度上符合《英语课程标准》的要求。其次，两套教材均以话题来安排各单元（模块）内容，且NSE的整体结构更全面、更有层次性。同时，两套教材的话题均贴近学生实际生活、符合该年龄段学生心理且有一定的文化意义。不同点体现在NSE的话题种类更多样而Go for it话题较为传统。此外，两套教材的语法编排均采用了螺旋式结构，并强调使用归纳法进行语法教学，NSE更注重语法在真实语境中运用，以及学生交流能力的培养。

毕业论文关键词：教材评估；Go for it；New Standard English；英语课程标准

List of Tables

Table 2 1: Middle School English Textbooks Used in China（1980s-2010s）   - 4 -

Table 3-1: Basic Information of the Two English Textbooks  - 7 -

Table 4-1: the Topics of Two Textbooks - 10 -

Table 4 2: The Grammar Description in ECS  - 11 -

  Table 4 3: The Grammar Items in the Two Textbooks- 12 -

List of Abbreviations

New Standard English:  NSE

English Curriculum Standards:  ECS

People’s Education Press:  PEP

Junior English for China:  JEFC

Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press:  FLTRP

Contents

1. Introduction - 1 -

2. Textbook and Its Evaluation - 2 -

2.1 Textbook - 2 -

2.2 Textbook Evaluation Models - 2 -

2.3 The Development of English Textbooks for Middle Schools in China