期刊名称：International Journal of Eurasia Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2146-1961
出版年度：2018
卷号：32
页码：1-12
出版社：Avrasya Değerler Eğitimi Derneği
摘要：In foreign language educational systems of Turkey and Germany, as in most other countries in
the world, textbooks are used as a primary source of instruction in public schools. The books in
concern are selected by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in Turkey while they might
vary across federal states in Germany which has its own education programme, schools and
standards although overall educational policies are set by the Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF). This study was motivated to compare EFL textbooks introduced public secondary schools
in Turkey and the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany to reveal whether reading
comprehension texts in the two books significantly differ with regard to lexical density
(complexity) and readability. Data were compiled from reading texts in these books, and
quantitatively analysed through an online text analysis programme. The findings showed that
both textbooks include reading texts with high lexical density and readability. Besides, EFL
textbook used in Turkey contains comprehension texts with higher lexical density and readability
than the one used in Germany. The study presents a couple of practical implications on these
findings, and concludes with a few suggestions for further research.
关键词：English as a Foreign Language; textbook; complexity; readability;
