Evaluating EAP notetaking textbooks: Eight key questions

Abstract The importance and presence of notetaking in L2 educational contexts has gradually increased to a point where many now recognize as an essential academic skill for EAP preparatory EMI courses worldwide. In order meet the increasing demand notetaking, materials writers commercial publishers have designed produced number textbooks. Despite their availability on market frequent use other courses, ability average teacher discern quality may be underdeveloped. This article presents series eight questions that can used basis evaluating comparing content textbooks with view better preparing teachers understand what is, how it taught, do offer.